Sentence examples for british dependency from inspiring English sources

The island remains a British dependency.

The island is part of a British dependency that includes Ascension Island and Saint Helena, where Napoleon was exiled.

By the early 1980s all the former associated states had achieved independence except Montserrat, which remains a British dependency.

The British settled on the Mosquito Coast, and for a time (1740 86) the region was a British dependency.

Jersey, the largest island in the English Channel, is a British dependency with its own tax system.

Britain insists that Argentina respect the wishes of the Falklands' 3,000 residents to remain a British dependency.

Continuing to allow British dependencies to refuse transparency is a continuing smear on Britain's name.

That vision now had to be revived among the "simple, backward, unsophisticated peoples" of the British Dependencies.

As more British dependencies have to call on ministers for assistance, Westminster can demand they clean their act up.

"Failure to take responsibility for these British dependencies substantially undermines the effectiveness of this agreement," he said.

As the summit opened, ten British dependencies with large financial sectors, including Jersey and the Cayman Islands, agreed to sign a multilateral convention on information-swapping.