Sentence examples for could accede from inspiring English sources

Factory owners and others who had risen to officer's rank could accede to the nobility, which thus received new blood.

After five years these regions could accede to full autonomy, but the meaning of "full autonomy" was not clearly defined.

Some of these areas could accede to the new Serbian association.The deal does not prevent Serbia from funding education and other services as it does now.

It also helped that there were international structures Ukraine could accede to, and did, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Barber provides the best introduction to the so-called Black Prince, Edward III's illustrious son and heir who was the victor at the battle of Poitiers (1356) and who died before he could accede to the English throne.

Women received salaries equaled to men and could accede to important positions and head government agencies.

But Russia and France could scarcely accede without abandoning the Balkans, each other, and their own security.

THE negotiations have been exceptionally long and tortuous, but China could still accede to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this year.

After so much sacrifice, they said, Palestinians could not accede now to Israeli demands without any evident gain.

But the commission said today it could not accede to the charity's demands, with its chief executive, Andrew Hind, saying the decision had been "complex and sensitive".

"In light of the circumstances and last-minute limitations, the commission could not accede the conditions, and the trip was postponed," the statement said.