Sentence examples for a significant settlement from inspiring English sources

Matera was already a significant settlement in the Bronze Age.

She sued American Express in 1993, and she said she received a significant settlement.

The European Commission has been looking for two years into whether the search giant abused local competition laws, and it is expected soon to either file formal charges or achieve a significant settlement.

PAGE B1 GOOGLE'S ANTITRUST BATTLE The European Commission has been looking for two years into whether the search giant abused local competition laws, and is expected soon to either file formal charges or achieve a significant settlement.

Slums have emerged as a significant settlement form, catering to the housing demand of a large section of the population of Mumbai, primarily for the urban poor.

In a significant settlement that could embolden American employees who witness company misconduct, VMware and government contractor Carahsoft Technology Corporation agreed to pay the $75.5 million today to settle illegal pricing allegations.

Hanga Roa, on Easter Island, might be thousands of miles from any significant settlement, though it only has a few thousand residents, hardly qualifying it as a city.

According to my map, we're nearly 100 miles from any significant settlement or village.

"This is a very significant settlement," said Jay W. Eisenhofer, a lawyer at Grant & Eisenhofer who was lead counsel to the pension funds in the case.

Soon after, the English took Thérouanne and handed it over to Maximillian; Tournai, a more significant settlement, followed.

The term imperialism often describes cases in which a foreign government administers a territory without significant settlement; typical examples include the scramble for Africa in the late nineteenth century and the American domination of the Philippines and Puerto Rico.