Sentence examples for british sphere from inspiring English sources

The movement toward autonomy took place more slowly in these areas than in the British sphere of influence.

This agreement became the model for later treaties that ultimately brought the entire peninsula within the British sphere of influence.

In 1894 Buganda became part of the British sphere of influence, and in 1900 the Buganda Agreement made it formally a British protectorate.

In 1887 88 the high commissioner at the Cape, fearful of Transvaal expansion northward, declared the region a British sphere of interest.

This treaty was declared void, for an agreement had been reached between Germany and Great Britain by which Uganda was left in the British sphere.

A British sphere of influence in Mesopotamia extended as far north as Baghdad, and Britain was given control of Haifa and ʿAkko and of territory linking the Mesopotamian and Haifa-ʿAkko spheres.

In the postwar years, the Middle East was sliced into French and British spheres of interest.

In addition, two other protectorates were declared, one over the Oil Rivers and the other over the hinterland of Lagos, to establish a claim that these areas were also British "spheres of interest".

During the 19th century the area around the coastal settlements was drawn increasingly into the British economic sphere.

Johnson suggested Friday that Trump might be able to turn Khan, and other critics from the British political sphere, around, especially given Britain's desire to secure a trade deal with the U.S. once it leaves the European Union.

Sending Tarleton on raids across the colony, the British asserted a sphere of control as far north as Fredericksburg and west to Charlottesville.