Sentence examples for inroads from the from inspiring English sources

In the late 19th century French colonizers making inroads from the coastal region into the interior borrowed the name of the defeated Dahomey kingdom for the entire territory that is now Benin; the current name derives from the Bight of Benin.

Of course if there were any major injuries, an athlete who did not qualify for the initial eight could easily step in as a replacement fighter, and the promotional inroads from the first round would easily draw enough attention to the semifinals to attract another strong pay per view audience.

Gradually, Mayan-speakers began to make inroads from the east and, from about 200 AD, Chiapas was divided roughly equally between the Zoques in the western half and Maya in the eastern half; this distribution continued up to the time of the Spanish conquest.

A letter sent to Iran's customs offices informed staff that this "decedent Western custom" was a "sacrilegious cultural inroad from the domineering capitalist system with the aim of weakening the Iran's... fundamental family values".They have little time for moony merchandise.

Back-row forward Tom Croft, named captain on his 100th start for Leicester, made inroads immediately from the kick- off, earning the Tigers a penalty which Ford easily slotted through the posts.

Mr. Schweitzer, who narrowly won his first term in 2004, has become a spokesman for the Western Democrats who have made inroads from Wyoming to Colorado.

Another contradiction is that the bar for expected ratings goes up for current affairs and serious documentaries while the share of viewing slips because of inroads from digital channels.

The British energy sector has also seen major inroads from state-owned foreign groups, with Électricité de France (EDF) buying up nuclear operator British Energy as well as local UK electricity supply groups.

And recall that not long ago the premium selling prices of prestigious retailers were immune to inroads from e-tailing.

The city, in existence since Achaemenian times, long suffered from inroads of the Turkmen tribes who occupied the plain north of the Qareh River and was subjected to incessant Qājār-Turkmen tribal conflicts in the 19th century.

Foc TR4 also made further inroads into Australia from the country's Northern Territory into Queensland, but according to a report from the FAO, it hasn't yet reached Latin America (South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico), which at 80percentt of the world's production, is by far the largest Cavendish banana-exporting region.