Sentence examples for local minorities from inspiring English sources

Almost everywhere, however, significant local minorities are present.

Putin should open dialogues with local minorities, mostly Muslim, and be far more flexible and imaginative.

As a rule, the autonomous prefectures represent little more than a symbolic cultural indulgence of local minorities.

Imposing his own brutal brand of Islamic law in the area, he levied a tax on the local minorities, mainly Hindus and Sikhs.

(European use of privileged local minorities in colonial Africa contributed to the continent's most destructive post-colonial wars, including the Rwandan genocide).

When local minorities see Koch they shout"1985!"the year of next year's mayoral election, hoping to stop Koch's reelect ion.

They vote in full force on Election Day, in contrast to members of other local minority groups.

Byron E. Boothe Jr., Intralot's vice president of government relations, said it became clear the Council would reject Intralot if it lacked a local minority partner.

The lawsuit charges that Mr. Gray and the councilors did not want Intralot's local minority partner, who made enemies on the Council.

The contractor is GR2D, a partnership of R2D, a division of Hutensky, and Gabriel Associates, a local minority-owned real estate developer and general contractor.

Muslim riots erupted in Urumqi last May and relations between local minority groups and the Beijing Government have long been tense.