Sentence examples for certain territory from inspiring English sources

A court may also have authority to operate within a certain territory.

From ancient Athens to South Sudan, birth to certain parents, or in a certain territory, has been the primary criterion for citizenship.

Because our awareness is mediated through the evolved brain, you argue, our mental life is "built to range over a certain territory".

To effect that evolution, he says, "what we're trying to do is create 'country-area networks' where you can have a computer just serve a certain territory".

Throughout most of history the "sacred world" was coextensive with a certain territory, and one could speak literally of Christian lands, the Jewish homeland, the Muslim world, the place of the noble people (Āryāvarta, Hindu), or the central kingdom (China).

"The so-called pacification of Rio de Janeiro is for a certain territory that interests certain investments in the city," said Marcelo Freixo, a lawmaker and leading human rights activist in Rio, referring to upscale seaside districts.

There are certain territories where it is almost impossible to sell films with leading black characters.

Microsoft has said the new Xbox One will work in certain territories – none of which are in Africa or Asia.

Le Carré's characters have roamed across the map, from Panama to Israel and the Caucasus, while leaving certain territories, notably North America, uncharted.

Certain territories of the Sudan were grouped together under the name Senegambia and Niger (Sénégambie-Niger; 1903), which was transformed into Upper Senegal and Niger (Haut-Sénégal-Niger; 1904).

Advocates argued that the large differences in quotes suggested that some companies were not pricing risk appropriately, or might in effect be ceding certain territories to other companies.