Sentence examples for land frontier from inspiring English sources

The dictator Francisco Franco made much of the issue and in 1969 closed Gibraltar's land frontier.

The stalemate between the Ottomans and Habsburgs in northern Hungary was characterized by centuries-long conflicts along the land frontier.

The estrangement deepened in 1993 when Turkey sealed its land frontier with Armenia (while still allowing direct air travel).

The land frontier with Russia is long, but hard for Russians to reach and sharply policed by both sides.

Its land frontier is about 12,400 miles (20,000 km) in length, and its coastline extends for some 8,700 miles (14,000 km).

Greece does not have a land frontier with the Schengen zone, but is already seen as a weak link in Europe's external border.

Both have been preoccupied with the risks over their land frontiers.

Hence, Ibn Saʿūd regarded the demarcation of land frontiers with suspicion.

Egypt's land frontiers border Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel to the northeast.

It had no navy but the land frontiers in Anatolia, policed by well-paid troops, were stronger than they had been since the 12th century.

What the president meant was that full border controls would be established on the land frontiers with its neighbours, with passports or ID cards instituted for travel from Schengen countries by road and rail.