Sentence examples for initial settlements from inspiring English sources

In 1860, after the Chinese had failed to ratify the Tianjin agreements, the British and French resumed the war, captured Beijing, and forced the Chinese to sign the Beijing Convention, in which they agreed to carry out the initial settlements.

δ(i) means initial settlements from the allowable pile load before tunnelling.

Initial settlements were on or near the West Branch Susquehanna River, and, as noted, Plunkett did not receive the land including the creek until 1776, nor was it surveyed until 1783.

Friday's agreement solidifies the terms of the initial settlement that was announced on Aug. 14.

Initial settlement was mainly by pioneering gold seekers who migrated west from São Paulo in the early 18th century.

In August, she said the initial settlement was not "within the range of reasonableness" and rejected it.

The initial settlement was more a charnel house than a refuge, as ill-supplied immigrants succumbed to disease.

La Victoria is often the initial settlement area for thousands of highland migrants who pour into Lima each year.

After a brief synopsis of the initial settlement of the islands and their 1778 "discovery" by Capt.

Some skills were lost; pottery, for example, disappeared in Samoa and the Marquesas shortly after initial settlement.

Though her family was not poor, Ms. Peguero, now a 20-year-old who will be a junior this fall at La Roche College in Pittsburgh, was stunned when she heard the initial settlement offer.