Sentence examples for as alba from inspiring English sources

In the 10th century it was known as Alba Regia.

Some smaller zones actually became "republics" for weeks or even months, such as Alba and Val d'Ossola in Piedmont.

IN THEORY, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, better known as ALBA, is a Venezuelan-led trade pact based on the principle of "solidarity".

He has teamed up with communist Cuba and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez in an anti-American alliance known as ALBA (meaning "dawn" in Spanish).

Aluminum Bahrain, known as Alba, filed suit Wednesday, accusing Alcoa of steering payments for alumina, the crucial material for making aluminum, to companies abroad to pay kickbacks to a Bahraini government official.

Manolo Blahnik describes the color of its strappy high-heeled Tunica sandals, right, as "alba," the Italian word for dawn ($565 at Jeffrey New York, 212-206-1272), while Dolce & Gabbana's thong sandals are called "platino" ($495 at Dolce & Gabbana stores; call 212-249-4100 torderer).

The division is also responsible for BBC1 and BBC2, and the digital TV services BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC HD and BBC Alba, as well as housing the BBC's in-house programme-making departments.

Though not all of them are as closely allied as the ALBA countries, there are now left-of-center governments in power in a majority of Latin American states, including Brazil (which poses a hugely successful, competitive countermodel to Chávez's).

As adroit in defence as attack, Alba has covered more ground than any other Barca player in this year's competition.

For plants such as Eclipta alba, other biological activities, in addition to anticoccidial activities, are reported, such as antimicrobial, analgesic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and others [ 70].

As Bernarda Alba, Ching Valdes-Aran is a portrait of strait-laced rectitude.