Sentence examples for 208 from inspiring English sources

The other 208 Fifa members did all tune in against their better judgment, however, and they were unexpectedly rewarded with a very fine game that might be described as a pretty good advert for German club football.

In 1609, a party of 208 English settlers started growing tobacco before being driven out by the local Caribs.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (208 pages): the archetypal modern African novel, Achebe's essential work tells the story of Okonkwo, a leader and wrestling champion in a fictional Nigerian village.

Last week, local government leaders called for reforms regarding "saturation zones" – 208 areas in England and Wales (up from 160 in 2012) that are "saturated" with pubs, bars, clubs, and other premises licensed to sell booze, leading to excessive drinking and subsequent disorder.

You don't play 208 games if you're a player of VFL Reserves standard and Maxwell is probably as great a case as any of a player being the product of the era in which he played.

Not now.Under Proposition 208, narrowly approved by the voters last November after a five-year battle, California created the toughest set of campaign-finance rules in the country.

South Korea's new cases bring the total number globally to about 1,208, based on WHO data, with at least 444 related deaths.

Hachette Filipacchi's Elle, which celebrates its 21st birthday this autumn, recorded growth year on year, of 2.6%, and period on period, of 0.3%, to 208,802.

Self-catering four-bedroom house (sleeps 8) £208 a night, +27 21 790 0972, perfecthideaways.co.za This arty, foodie B&B oozes the kind of laid-back beach-chic that makes Paternoster popular with weekenders from Cape Town.

But until January 19th, when he began a four-day visit, Mr Harper had never set foot in the country he has defended so fiercely.After waiting almost eight years he is now doing so in style, bringing a 208-member contingent of business and religious leaders along.

Between the two quarters 208,000 jobs were lost, 88,000 of them in the formal economy.