Sentence examples for expanding territory from inspiring English sources

Local interests would be secondary to those of an expanding territory, and elected officials would govern in the public interest.

The Zhou kings parceled out their expanding territory among feudal lords, each of whom was free to make ritual objects for his own court use.

It comprises that vast, expanding territory recognizably staked out for a junior audience, which does not mean that it is not also intended for seniors.

The berm, as it is known, cuts through farmland and orchards, separating the shrinking lands of the Iraqi state as it has existed for 95 years from the expanding territory of the new Islamic caliphate.

And none of his characters need to grow up more than Scott Pilgrim, who seems stuck in that ever expanding territory between the formerly contiguous states of adolescence and adulthood.

Since the advent of Earthworks, Process Art and Conceptual Art in the early 1970's, outdoor sculpture has been a constantly expanding territory, and this year its borders seem more far-flung and amorphous than ever.

If it works out well (or spectacularly badly), I'll do it again in the future, with expanded territory and more choices.

Instead, hostilities weren't formally wound down until March, when the Treaty of Moscow left the Soviet Union with slightly expanded territory and a severely damaged international reputation.

Afghan rulers used them to ratify their rule whenever they seized power or expanded territory, because if there is one defining characteristic of a loya jirga, it is that it rarely says no.

That held true in 1941 as Hitler sent his armies to the east on a doomed quest for Lebensraum — expanded territory for his Aryan master race in what became a war of annihilation.

Eriksen and Lind (2009) point to the formation of loose grazing associations to expand territory.