Sentence examples for English domination from inspiring English sources

A vestige of the English domination, gin on ice, we were told, is the island's drink of choice.

Pointedly, the Welsh players did not sing "God Save the Queen" before the match, an anthem that suggests to them English domination and oppression.

Fighting raged in the Netherlands during the 1580s, war with Spain went on through the 1590s, and Ireland was putting up strong resistance against English domination.

In fifteenth-century France, Joan of Arc testified to hearing angels and saints tell her to lead the French Army in rescuing her country from English domination.

Not surprisingly, the idea has not been warmly received by Scots, Welsh and Northern Irishmen, who have cherished their soccer independence since the earliest days of the modern game, and who have chafed at English domination even longer.

For reasons that are not well understood, though perhaps because the Quiet Revolution liberated Quebeckers from Catholicism as well as from English domination, the birth rate in the province has been declining for years.

Andrew Lang, in 1900, wrote that "with Alexander [I], Celtic domination ends; with David, Norman and English dominance is established".

The appointment of William McDougall a well-known Canadian expansionist as the territory's first lieutenant governor also fuelled tensions and Métis fears of English Canadian domination.

During the long struggle to maintain a French identity under pressure of English Canadian domination and the homogenizing force of the market, Québécois have developed a strong sense of social solidarity.

During the late 1960s the movement was motivated primarily by the belief, shared by many Quebec intellectuals and labour leaders, that the economic difficulties of Quebec were caused by English Canadian domination of the confederation and could only be ended by altering or terminating the ties with other provinces and the central government.

In February, France's War Minister, Marshal Belle-Isle, notified General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, who was responsible for the defense of Canada, that he would not receive any significant support from France, due in large part to English naval domination of the Atlantic and the risks associated with sending a large military force under those circumstances.