Sentence examples for French settling from inspiring English sources

Within twenty years of the Norman conquest, the former Anglo-Saxon elite were replaced by a new class of Norman nobility, with around 8,000 Normans and French settling in England.

The French settled first in a trading post at Sinnamary in 1624 and later established Cayenne (1643).

The French settled into the broad valley, confident that the surrounding mountains would protect them from the Viet Minh.

Although St Lucia is a former British colony, the French settled in the 17th century.

During the colonial period, the French settled along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, specifically Latin Rite Roman Catholics, including a number of Jesuits dedicated to converting Aboriginals; an effort that eventually proved successful.

This bold letter, with its boldly secular concluding salutation, was in its way a settling of the imbalance as between the American and French revolutions, settling it very much in the favour of the United States.

Some of the French later settled in the western part of the state near Abbeville.

Is that bad news for Paul Martin, the prime minister, who has moved from narrow favourite to struggling underdog?The debate in French did settle one thing.

He was subsequently educated in Geneva, Mainz, and Paris, where, having mastered French, he settled in 1924, associating with Surrealist groups.

French traders settled the upper river, establishing towns like St . Louisand Prairie du Chien (now in Wisconsin), whose names survive to this day.

The situation has pushed some foreigners — known as frontaliers in French — to settle across the border in France and commute to their offices in Geneva.