Sentence examples for independence views from inspiring English sources

Denise Mina fails to answer her own question in "Does Scotland want independence?" (Views, Oct. 4).

Among the many responses I got to my request for Catalan independence views were those of foreigners who live in Catalonia, some of them for many years.

Still, the Irish, known for their fierce, sentimental love of tradition and for their stubborn independence, view the Europeanization of Dublin with a mixture of pride and alarm.

The friend I mentioned above probably was implicitly holding the "independence" view, which explains why he thought it was strange to try think about religion and science together.

As a presidential candidate, Mr. Chen wisely toned down his pro-independence views.

Mr Lee, with pro-independence views, remains a powerful political voice in Taiwan.A UN-backed court in Cambodia conducted preliminary hearings in "Case 002", against the leaders of the Khmer Rouge for crimes committed in 1975-79.

Mr. Chen has called the charges against him and his wife a politically motivated effort by his opponents, including Taiwan's current president, Ma Ying-jeou, to punish him for his pro-independence views.

Ethnic Taiwanese with strongly pro-independence views were certain to vote for him in any case, but Mr. Chen's main plank was the fight against the dirty money and politics of the encrusted Nationalists.

The resulting scandal inflamed political tensions on both sides of the Atlantic, prompted a petition from the assembly that Hutchinson be recalled, and brought about Franklin's resignation as colonial agent and conversion to a pro-independence view after he was publicly lambasted for his role in the affair.

And then you'll be taken seriously.Philip Schlesinger Professor of cultural policy University of Glasgow* SIR – Your article on the cost of independence contained views that need to be considered by all those in Scotland who will have the vote on independence.

Not long after he wrote the Declaration of Independence, his views on race became the basis for the movement to deport freed blacks to Africa or the West Indies.