Sentence examples for former regions from inspiring English sources

And no doubt other regions - including Chechnya again, when it has recovered from the pulverising Russia has given it - will begin to ask for the same courtesy as Putin has extended to the former regions of Georgia.

In reality, as it turned out in Saxony, Brandenburg and Thuringia (all former regions of East Gemany), the supporters of The Left often have conservative instincts when it comes to immigration (ie, foreigners), crime and families.

Tight oil resources are more prolific in the former regions due to the higher average TOC.

At the former regions, rare earth species are enriched at the film surface and zinc is enriched in the alloy.

All of the ships were named for current or former regions of Italy.

She was the third of six vessels of the, all of which were named for current, or in the case of Etruria, former regions of Italy.

He joined Ospreys, rather than his former region Newport Gwent Dragons, as he wanted to play in the Champions Cup.

It consists of the provinces of Campobasso and Isernia and was created in 1965 from the southern portion of the former region of Abruzzi e Molise.

Roberts will leave Racing Métro at the end of the season and while his former region, Cardiff Blues, and Ospreys both made the centre an offer, he is joining Harlequins.

They went close to the line before the centre Jonathan Davies was the victim of a clattering tackle by Alix Popham, who showed up well on his return to his former region.

One solution is for a massive transfer of funds from northern Europe to the south but politicians in the former region fear this will be about as popular as the bank bailout proved with US voters.