Sentence examples for international pride from inspiring English sources

In her 11 years as prime minister, she restored Britain's international pride by waging war over the Falklands Islands, reduced taxes and carried out economic and labor reforms that made Britain the world's fourth-largest economy.

Currently, the fund's top holdings include Apache, Ensco International, Pride International, Rowan and Burlington Resources.

To gamblers this lovably shabby tournament confers a bit of international pride.

"The level of protection is something that most Americans would wonder about," recalled van Dalen, vice president of operations at the international Pride organization Interpride.

Even without the EU I'm still going to be here, European in spirit, full of international pride and that horrible sicky headache you get when you wake up at such an unnatural hour.

They might take heart from a parade in Istanbul's main square on June 28th to mark international gay pride day.

Companies like Schlumberger, Tidewater, Noble Corp., GlobalSantaFe, Pride International and Ensco International rely on freight-forwarding companies to get their equipment past customs officials in countries like Nigeria, sub-Sahara Africa's biggest oil producer.

For many cities biennials have become important sources of cultural pride, international recognition and tourism.

Pride International, an offshore drilling company, rose 15.7 percent after Ensco, a rig operator based in London, said it would buy it for $7.3 billion.

Pride International will pay a $32.6 million criminal penalty and a $23.5 million civil settlement on charges that it paid $800,000 in bribes to government officials in Venezuela, India and Mexico.

Pride International Inc. said yesterday that it had agreed to buy a rival oil and gas driller, the Marine Drilling Companies, for $1.9 billion in stock.