Sentence examples for former overseas from inspiring English sources

By the 1930s they actively supported union with Tanganyika as a protection against Germany's claims to its former overseas dependencies.

The former overseas development secretary, Clare Short, said at the time: "It was always obvious that this useless project was corrupt".

The Treasury came up with two alternatives: Lord Burns, former permanent secretary to, yes, the Treasury; and Sir Andrew Crockett, former overseas director of the Bank of England, then working for JP Morgan.

Rayford asked Thunder scout David Vanterpool, Rayford's former overseas teammate, if his boy could meet Durant after the game.

Issues that emerged as a result of this nexus included: a concentration of overseas students in the vocational education sector in the pursuit of permanent residency; the failure of some former overseas students to achieve employment outcomes that were commensurate with their qualifications; and failure to obtain skill levels that would meet Australia's skill needs".

The documents have also highlighted how Britain has more companies based in tax havens than almost every jurisdiction other than Hong Kong — itself a former overseas territory — while the most widely used tax haven is another overseas territory, the British Virgin Islands.

Odessa ceased to exist about 1952 and was replaced by an organization called Kameradenwerke ("Comrade Workshop"), which over the following decades sought to aid former Nazis overseas in avoiding capture and maintaining concealment.

In the 20th century, immigrants from the former Dutch overseas colonies added to the influx; they included Indonesians and peoples from the Moluccas and from Suriname on the northeast coast of South America.

Franc, originally a French coin but now the monetary unit of a number of countries, notably Switzerland, most French and former Belgian overseas territories, and some African states; at one time it was also the currency of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

But he has frequently been kept out of Northants' promotion-chasing side by former Worcestershire overseas signing Chaminda Vaas.

Immigrants have been of various genetic backgrounds, with Turkish and Moroccan origin being the largest groups followed by those of Asian and African origin from (former) Dutch overseas areas (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname and Indonesia).