Sentence examples for ceding to the from inspiring English sources

But that idea runs into problems because parliament would be ceding to the courts the decision on what constitutes contempt.

If anything, it appears that England found security in divided authority, with Parliament at times ceding to the Crown the task of fixing military punishments.

Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding to the United States a vast area of the Southwest that included all of present-day California.

For the time being, it seems that Passos Coelho has averted a political crisis by ceding to the demands of the last protest.

When I fumblingly hit the "record" button, the friendly old lady's voice gained the enunciation of a prima donna, the informal accent ceding to the careful syllables of an unschooled woman eager not to betray her lack of education.

To extricate his army from Persia, the new ruler immediately concluded a peace, ceding to the Persians all Roman territory east of the Tigris River, together with the cities of Singara (modern Sinjār, Iraq) and Nisibis (modern Nusaybin, Turkey).

As that grief faded, the particular ceded to the universal.

In 1795 it was ceded to the British.

In 1763 the town was ceded to the British.

The entire province was then ceded to the United States.

Afghanistan cannot be ceded to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.