Sentence examples for formal commonwealth from inspiring English sources

Rajapaksa will rightly claim that his government has received no formal Commonwealth sanction and that he has the backing of the vast majority of member states.

Bruxner also became involved in the New England New State Movement and helped pass a formal request to the Commonwealth by the Legislative Assembly to establish a new state in northern New South Wales.

The islands were part of a trusteeship granted to the United States by the United Nations in 1947; in 1978 they chose to become a self-governing commonwealth and achieved this formal status upon the dissolution of the trust territory in 1986.

There was, however, one small development, tucked away under Chapter 4, Section A, Subsection 1 of the CHOGM's concluding communiqué, which has suddenly become relevant in the run-up to Brexit: an agreement between 13 Commonwealth countries in Africa to begin "formal negotiations to create an African Free Trade Area, covering 26 countries from the Cape to Cairo by 2014".

Traditional parades include November's Lord Mayor's Show, a centuries-old event celebrating the annual appointment of a new Lord Mayor of the City of London with a procession along the streets of the City, and June's Trooping the Colour, a formal military pageant performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and British armies to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday.

Commonwealth champion?

Won Commonwealth Games bronze.

A commonwealth?

CommonWealth ignored the demand.

CommonWealth declined to comment further.

Your commonwealth is with you.