Sentence examples for crown territory from inspiring English sources

Corbyn argued that the government should tell administrations in places like the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands: "Hang on, you are a government of a British dependent territory, a crown territory, you must obey UK tax law, you must not become a harbour for tax avoidance and tax evasion".

Moreover he was firmly opposed to two royal petitions for subsidies as well as the perpetual alienation of crown territory, which he considered the "property of the people".

The resort has a decidedly English flavor to it, which should come as no surprise, as it is located on the British crown territory of Anguilla.

Colonies were merged and split through various reorganizations of the Crown's Caribbean regions, until 19 December 1980, the date that Anguilla became a British Crown territory in its own right.

In 1314, the last Count of Champagne assumed the throne as King Louis X of France and the region became part of the Crown territories.

They are self-governing, yes, but they are British crown dependent territories.

The Chief Scout is the leader of The Scout Association, and is responsible for determining the direction and policies of Scouting in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Crown Overseas Territories.

The prime minister is confident that the leaders of Britain's crown dependencies and territories will take steps at a meeting in Downing Street towards agreeing the automatic exchange of tax information.

The Commonwealth of Nations has 54 members, but 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games because a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies and island states compete under their own flag.

British people, or Britons, archaically known as Britishers, are nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies; and their descendants.

The former Netherlands Antilles were originally discovered by explorers sent in the 1490s by the King of Spain, but were eventually conquered by the Dutch West India Company in the 17th century, whereafter the islands remained under the control of the Dutch Crown as colonial territories.