Sentence examples for distant capital from inspiring English sources

State officials and local voters will always care more about their state than bureaucrats in a distant capital.

Attempts by the government in the distant capital, Astana, to address their concerns appeared to be half-hearted.

Tim Tebow was born in the distant capital, Manila, in 1987 and lived there until he was 3 years old.

Historically, Thailand's southern provinces have closer ties with northern Malaysia, just across the river, than with Thailand's distant capital.

Anger over the Malian military's handling of the Tuareg separatist rebellion, which led to heavy casualties, prompted the March 2012 coup in the distant capital.

Unlike your soldiers, who were dispatched from a distant capital in another land, the natives have every reason to fight to the death; this is their territory.

How many would follow them to one of the more distant capitals of the continent?

But what of those who preside over this bloodshed from distant capitals?

And her diet over the past four years has been a mix of exotic fare in distant capitals and airplane food.

Often a focus of contention by powers of East and West, Damascus's fortunes have frequently been linked to those of distant capitals, most notably Ashur, Antioch, Rome, Baghdad, Cairo, and Istanbul.

Many Presidents in crisis savor the chance to escape to distant capitals and stately photo-ops, but Trump hates sleeping away from home, and he knows little about the complex issues and figures he will encounter.