Sentence examples for commonwealth member from inspiring English sources
More than one Commonwealth member state hosted training facilities for black communist guerrillas, he said, which threatened all "civilised states in Africa".
A former British colony and now a Commonwealth member, the country is a major centre for offshore finance and has one of the world's largest open-registry shipping fleets.
Grants automatic British nationality to a child born in the UK where at least one parent is a foreign or commonwealth member of the British armed forces.
She and Reagan were in particular sympathy (sorely tested when, in October 1983, the US invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada, a Commonwealth member), although she disagreed strongly with his dream of major nuclear disarmament.
The proportions of staff from other EU and Commonwealth member countries were relatively similar to one another: 3.6% were nationals of other EU countries and 4% were nationals of Commonwealth countries.
Although the Glasgow 2014 organisers cannot be held responsible for the anti-gay laws in of 4 out of 5 Commonwealth member states, it does have a responsibility to ensure that there is no discrimination by participating nations in the selection of their national teams.
Some African Commonwealth members have lobbied for Zimbabwe's readmission.
One genuine obstacle here is the need to seek the consent of other Commonwealth members to any such change.
Many Commonwealth members are far removed from Britain's way of seeing the world, aligning themselves firmly with the "south" in an inchoate "north-south" stand-off.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said last night: "The Commonwealth Charter, agreed by all Commonwealth members, explicitly states that we are opposed to all forms of discrimination, and it is important that all members live up these values.
What is different this time is that FIFA, the sport's worldwide governing body, has agreed to give the champion of the region, which is dominated by the two British Commonwealth members, an automatic berth.
