Sentence examples for distant province from inspiring English sources

It was rare to meet anyone from a distant province, let alone another country.

Camus was a first-rate philosophy student, and the French meritocratic system had purchase even in the distant province.

"I didn't see my family for more than a year," a government soldier from a distant province said in a rare outpouring of candor.

The Chinese government has promised harsh punishment for those who had a hand in the violence, which erupted July 5 after a rally by ethnic Uighurs angry over the murder of two factory workers in a distant province.

But some have been transferred to distant provinces where people speak entirely different languages and have quite different climates.

They also know how to muster votes in distant provinces; Golkar remains the best-organised of Indonesia's parties.

Music lovers traveled by train from distant provinces in China to catch a glimpse of one of the 20th century's great instrumentalists.

The commission began sifting through Barakat's files, analyzing connections between the Crisis Cell's decisions and the criminal behavior of security agents in distant provinces.

Thrashings were rare, shock results were a regular occurrence and trophies were deserting the traditional powerhouses in favour of the distant provinces.

Defenders of Lonmin argue that housing is also a local government responsibility and that many mine workers use part of their wage to maintain homes in distant provinces.

Travelogues extolled the scenic beauty or historic interest of spots in distant provinces, and temple or shrine pilgrimages to distant places were popular.