Sentence examples for Outlying territories from inspiring English sources

The outlying territories of Agalega, Cargados Carajos Shoals, and Rodrigues Island each have dependency status.

So divided now into these two kingdoms, they begin to lose power, probably losing any control they may have had over outlying territories.

To wit, common law over 500 years ago, "subjecthood" rather than citizenship, and the legal status of the British empire's outlying territories.

In 1965 Britain transferred one of Mauritius's outlying territories, the Chagos Archipelago (including the Diego Garcia atoll), to a newly created administrative unit, the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Merchants in Chicago who bought wheat from outlying territories were not sure of the arrival time and quality of a delivery.

Though Solomon gradually lost control over outlying territories conquered by David, he was extraordinarily successful in organizing the economic life of the country.

When the map was drawn, Palestine was an outlying territory of the empire of the Ottoman Turks.

Its core area was directly administered by Hayam Wuruk, and the vast outlying territory acknowledged his supremacy, but he exerted little direct control over it.

Homes can cost more than $1,000 per square foot, and even spaces in the outlying New Territories go for several hundred U.S. dollars per square foot.

Dozens of flights at Hong Kong airport were cancelled or delayed, and ferry services linking Hong Kong island with Kowloon, the New Territories and outlying islands were suspended.

We excluded EDs in US territories and outlying areas (e.g., Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands), specialty hospitals (e.g., mental health, orthopedic, or rehabilitation hospitals), federal hospitals (e.g., Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service hospitals), and college infirmaries.