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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mental construct arising from a misapprehension of the relationship between the crofter and his land.
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I am not, and never have been a crofter .
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In 1968 the Crofters Commission proposed that crofters be given full rights to the ownership of their crofts.
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Originally the yarn for the cloth was hand-spun from wool by the crofters of Lewis and was wholly produced in the Isle.
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The latest developments in the intricate history of crofting concern the possibility of ownership by the crofters themselves.
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When I had a small printing business in Stornoway several of my employees were crofters.