Sentence examples for expanded the borders from inspiring English sources

It is only through the illegal actions of the Israeli government which expanded the borders of Jerusalem in 1967 that Gilo presently lies inside the Israeli-defined boundary.

In the inscription, the king discusses how he successfully expanded the borders of his kingdom and erected a monument honoring his father.

But a few things are clear: Mr. Bush has sided with the hard-liners in his administration, he has greatly expanded the borders of the fight and he has succeeded in keeping Americans fearful -- and focused -- on a war with ever more difficult and elusive goals.

But in 1994, Operation Gatekeeper expanded the border wall and increased the number of checkpoints.

Domitian strengthened the economy by revaluing the Roman coinage, expanded the border defenses of the Empire, and initiated a massive building programme to restore the damaged city of Rome.

The Kurds, however, have their own agenda: expanding the borders of their region.

Twenty minutes later, we had a pizza shaped like Italy, or at least Italy and its surrounding coastal waters (the dough rose with the heat, expanding the borders).

One encourages us to expand the borders of our taste& 8212to eat more things, new things& 8212and the other seeks to restrict that taste.

The main issues for the Americas, Mr. da Silva said, are "the fight against hunger, poverty and social exclusion," not expanding the borders of free trade agreements.

The late Croatian president Franjo Tudjman, a puffed-up nationalist eager to expand the borders of his new country, was made to order for Mr. Milosevic.

IN THE coming months, the world will hear a lot about a plan to expand the borders of one European country and ensure its absolute domination by a single ethnic group.