Sentence examples for alien nations from inspiring English sources

In his view, France had gone astray in 1789 and had since been dominated by the "four alien nations"—Jews, Freemasons, Protestants, and métèques ("aliens").

Linguistically surrounded by alien nations, Hungarians felt isolated through much of their history.

This peculiar reasoning flows from a long-standing refusal to accept that "Europe", as a political process, is something that participants run collectively for their mutual advantage, as opposed to something that 27 alien nations do to Britain, and which we put up with because we lack the gumption to do anything else.

His first comedy album, Alien Nation, was released in 1996.

What you could see had just happened — a bunch of states becoming an alien nation — had not.

He called the girl band "Alien Nation" – a 1988 sci-fi film – during the double elimination programme.

He claims that he can tolerate Jews in England, but only if they are compelled to wear "Arab" clothing, to show that they are an alien nation.

Of course there will always be commentators like Peter Hitchens who will lament the latest figures and interpret them as testimony that Britain is becoming an "alien nation".

And yet, it admits, Lost in Showbiz occasionally finds itself baffled: not by the exotic denizens of this alien nation, but by our own, pathetic response to them and their attempts to interact with us.

In past decades – with series such as Alien Nation, Stargate SG1 or Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV transfers used to be largely confined to films that were of relatively low value, or that had somehow underperformed at the box office.

But despite the increasing respect science fiction has received as a literary pursuit, all too much televised sci-fi has been formulaic sludge slotted into easily recognizable categories: space operas ("Battlestar Galactica"), alien invasion shows ("The Invaders," "Alien Nation"), superhumans ("Wonder Woman," "The Hulk") and time travel ("Time Tunnel," "Quantum Leap").