Sentence examples for formal colony from inspiring English sources

"We might safely say that Soul Mountain may be the first formal colony of our time," Ms. Dente continued.

Indeed, Spain retained sovereignty over the area, which Britain called a settlement, as distinct from a formal colony.

In 1642, the first formal colony was established in the area, though conflicts with Indians caused settlers to flee east into what is now Elmhurst.

In the first half of the 17th century, however, there were several English attempts to create formal colonies on the Avalon Peninsula.

It indicates that there may be much more to empires than the establishment of formal colonies, and that the time of empire may sprawl well beyond its previously delimited boundaries.

As formal colonies or informal clients of Western powers, they often found themselves being "developed" in a Western direction before they were permitted to take political control of their own destinies.

From 1850 to 1950, Britain controlled its formal colonies through an extraordinary array of local allies -- from Fiji island chiefs and Malay sultans to Indian maharajas and African emirs.

Continuing the frenzy over killing supposedly killer sharks that's been going on for a bit now in Australia, the formal penal colony just murdered 50 of the largest sharks it could manage to catch because, one can only reason, they think Jaws is a documentary.

A formal analysis of colony size and aggression is not within the scope of this paper, as only 12 species were studied, of which suicidal behavior was only observed in six.

The feeling in London, shared by Benjamin Franklin, was that, after making formal objections, the colonies would accept the new taxes as they had the earlier ones.

At the same time, former formal and informal colonies – recently become relatively more independent nations – also lured capitalists to relocate and invest by offering low wages, tax holidays, subsidies, and other supports.