Sentence examples for main units of from inspiring English sources

The main units of local government, defined by the constitution as collectivités territoriales ("territorial collectivities"), are the régions, the départements, the communes, and the overseas territories.

The main units of the MOD system usually communicate with each other and work concurrently under timing constraints.

Twelve West African Dwarf goats were divided into two main units of pre- and post-rigor treatments.

For most people in Thailand, government is experienced primarily through centrally appointed officials who hold posts in local administration, the main units of which are provinces (changwat) and districts (amphur).

U.S. and British forces landed in North Africa; the main units of the French fleet were scuttled by their crews at Toulon to prevent their falling into German hands; and on November 11 , 1942 Germany occupied the whole of France and disbanded the "armistice army" of Vichy.

The two main units of the kidney, the tubules and the glomerulus, are associated with two groups of bone diseases: the former with a low level of phosphate in the blood (hypophosphatemia) and the latter with renal osteodystrophy (see below), both characterized by rickets and osteomalacia.

The word afghani refers solely to the country's main unit of currency.

Today, the main unit of the case is on display at the Postal Museum.

The main unit of a city so designed was the architectural complex.

For much of the Middle Ages and beyond it was the main unit of taxation.

The pagoda school was the main unit of the traditional educational system in Laos.