Sentence examples for maintain the union from inspiring English sources

But he added that the policies being pursued by David Cameron's administration had "not helped" efforts to maintain the Union.

"Such behaviour is not representative of those who campaigned to maintain the union flag flying over Belfast city hall.

They call themselves Loyalists, Unionists, and they want to maintain the union with Great Britain in its present form.

He tried hard to maintain the union of Norway with Sweden and was much grieved when he was obliged to abdicate the Norwegian throne in 1905.

He justified this action on the ground that he had to allow some temporary sacrifice of parts of the Constitution in order to maintain the Union and thus preserve the Constitution as a whole.

The IRA acquired arms and explosives and initiated a campaign of bombings and shootings in order to protect Roman Catholics, destabilize Northern Ireland's institutions, weaken British resolve to maintain the union, and achieve Irish unity.

Such an approach would be calamitous if you care about maintaining the union.

The Record, previously steadfast for maintaining the union, appeared to support a move towards independence with its "EU go girl" front page headline.

Mr Farage said the Queen should make a public statement in support of maintaining the union if the independence battle remains on a knife edge in the days leading up to the September 18 referendum.

Although he favoured maintaining the union of the Dutch and Belgian provinces, his support for the coalition of the Belgian Catholic and Liberal parties (1828) helped pave the way for the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

In the early autumn of 1862, a few months after meeting him for the first time, Ward wrote a letter to Burlingame offering to donate 10,000 Chinese taels (about $14,000) to the United States government "to aid in maintaining the union".