Sentence examples for being ceded back to from inspiring English sources

He can imagine portions of the American Southwest being ceded back to Mexico.

From 1789 to 1846 Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia, after which it was ceded back to Virginia.

In 1790 much of the state's western territory was ceded back to the United States, and that land was soon reorganized into the state of Tennessee.

The British took possession of the town in 1763, and large numbers of loyalists settled there during the American Revolution; most loyalists left in 1783 when Florida was ceded back to Spain.

His role was only temporary, until power was to be ceded back to civilians in six months time.

Part of the land annexed to Guilderland was ceded back to Albany in 1910, setting up the current western border.

The council was not reconstituted before the District of Keewatin was ceded back to the Northwest Territories in 1905.

JRM: Maybe another part of the picture you're not aware of is that there's several arctic islands that have been ceded back to Russia that were Alaskan territory.

He conversed with Romanos on the Golden Horn on 9 September 924 and arranged a truce, according to which Byzantium would pay Bulgaria an annual tax, but would be ceded back some cities on the Black Sea coast.

After the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchasing Act and the return to the gold standard in 1893, Independence was all but ceded back to the marmots, the beaver-size rodents who are sometimes called whistle pigs for their distinctive warning shrieks.

Likewise, the coinsurance contracts did not provide adequate risk distribution for Reserve Mechanical because the risk assumed by PoolRe was simply re-ceded back to the other captives of Capstone clients, including Reserve Mechanical, i.e., it too in effect was a circular transaction.