Sentence examples for it was designating from inspiring English sources

In a modest victory for environmentalists, the Obama administration said Monday that it was designating nearly one million acres of Arizona land near the Grand Canyon off limits to new uranium mining claims for two years.

On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department said it was designating Shamalov, along with 37 other Russian individuals and entities, on a list of sanctions as blanket punishment for Russia's aggressive international activities, including military action in eastern Ukraine and attempts to subvert democratic elections.

It did not receive a posted designation until the 1930s, when it was designated NY 335.

It was designated S 1552.

In 1986 it was designated a World Heritage site.

It was designated a landmark in 1989.

It was designated a stannary (tin-mining) town in 1285.

In 2012 it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

It was designated a royal burgh in 1369.

It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

In 1880 it was designated a museum "to preserve the records of early days in New England".