Sentence examples for considerable territory from inspiring English sources

And the lineup spans considerable territory.

If so, they could be intimidated from bombing the northern Syrian border towns where the rebels control considerable territory.

John's alliance with the imperial family made his pontificate peaceful, and the emperor restored considerable territory to the Papal State.

The two powers have had very different views on what should happen in Syria, where Islamic State militants control considerable territory.

Under Mahadaji's grandnephew, Daulat Rao, the Gwalior state lost considerable territory to the British in 1803 and 1818 after losing wars to them.

Although the VOC first controlled only the coastal lands, the Dutch gradually pushed inland, occupying considerable territory in southern, southwestern, and western Sri Lanka.

Owain Gwynedd and Gruffydd ap Rhys successfully captured considerable territories, including Carmarthen Castle.

In an "appalling, frank" mood, Mr. Eden said how last week "a country, which at the outcome of the Great War gained considerable accessions of territory in Europe, and also received certain territorial accessions in Africa from countries that were its allies in the Great War, has now championed the claim of Germany to African possessions".

This was to compensate for the enclave's considerable loss of territory: the San Martino shore became Swiss in order to solve two traffic problems.

The term strategic psychological warfare is used to denote mass communications directed to a very large audience or over a considerable expanse of territory.

Beijing has given the territory considerable leeway, most recently when it allowed Hong Kong to admit Li Shaomin, a Hong Kong-based scholar who was convicted of spying and deported by China.