Sentence examples for a minor settlement. from inspiring English sources

What happened was legal, but many shareholders felt cheated, and Kluge had to cough up a minor settlement.

In 1839, the confiscation by the Chinese authorities at Canton of 20,000 chests of opium led Britain to attack China in the First Opium War, and resulted in the seizure by Britain of Hong Kong Island, at that time a minor settlement.

Although Homeric Troy was described as a wealthy and populous city, by this time some scholars had come to accept the probability of a lesser Troy a relatively minor settlement, perhaps a princely seat.

Patton Boggs officials back them up, confining their contribution to the relatively minor settlement provision.

Following the energetic exfoliation and minor settlement of the sheet, uplift forces and sheet fracture aperture decreased, mirroring the temperature response.

It reassigned 7 Independent Company in late November to Marymount Mission, a small settlement to the east of Rusambo where there was a minor police station.

But, as Carlo Strenger writes in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, any unilateral pullout would surely involve Israel retaining the major (and, probably, the minor) settlements it has established, as well as a security cordon in the Jordan River valley along the border with Jordan, leaving Palestinian territory encircled.

The area is located on the right bank of the Guidomandri creek and is characterized by the presence of several elements at risk, including, beside the village itself, isolated buildings and minor settlements.

The only hometown politician who merits a statue is Frederick James Tollemache, a 19th-century lawmaker with a minor role in promoting the settlement of New Zealand.

But because the exact location of that original settlement remains a minor mystery, the developers should be especially careful when full-scale construction begins.

"Since the plaintiff is a minor, the court requires that the judge makes sure the settlement is fair," she said.