No wonder Siberia, remote to so much of the world, looks to Chinese eyes like a convenient granary.

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Now it has to be delivered only to the government's own guarded granary.

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The unnamed men were arrested by Avon and Somerset Police following a reported incident at The Granary in Lodge Lane, Wraxall.

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But it has been a bad year - the granary is empty.

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The people of San Antonio are still wrapping their heads around the Granary, but I give it six months before reservations get scarce.

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The first permanent recording of a breeding pair in Norfolk for hundreds of years happened in 2010 at a granary site in North Lynn.

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The inspection of The Granary at Wraxall, by the Care Quality Commission, also found not enough being done to protect people there from harm.

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The spokesman said the CQC was aware of the police investigation at The Granary, and said it took the safety of residents extremely seriously.

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The authorities decided that the lush banks further up the Hawkesbury would be perfect for farming, and thus the river became known as "the granary of the colony".

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In the village there is a granary, which should be used for storing enough maize to allow the villagers to see through the lean months, until the next rainy season.

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