Sentence examples for independence would be held from inspiring English sources

An amendment to the Papua New Guinea constitution established that a referendum on independence would be held on Bougainville within 10 to 15 years.

Alex Salmond, the party's leader, said a referendum on Scottish independence would be held in the second half of the parliamentary term.

The Scottish government says the independence referendum would be held on exactly the same basis as the devolution referendum in 1997, which was run by the Labour government of the time.

It also granted southern Sudan semiautonomous status and stipulated that a referendum on independence for the south would be held in six years.

The CPA also allowed for a separate administration for southern Sudan and stipulated that a referendum on independence for that region would be held in six years key issues for the rebels.

(Footnote: were Alex Salmond to win the 2014 independence referendum it would, of course, mean that the prize would be held outside the UK for the first time).

Instead of a simple choice between autonomy and instant independence, they should be given the option of voting for autonomy with the guarantee that another vote would be held in three (or five) years' time on the matter of independence.

Mr Odinga, a political veteran whose father clashed with Mr Kenyatta's in the wake of independence, had been due to speak last night but cancelled after being informed that results would be held over until the morning.

The primary would be held on April 30.

A runoff would be held in June.

No one would be held accountable.