Sentence examples for maintained a claim from inspiring English sources

The sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago had long been a point of disagreement between Britain, which administered the territory, and Mauritius, which maintained a claim to it.

Education Ministry documents say that Argentina inherited the islands when it won independence from Spain in 1816, while Falklanders say Britain has maintained a claim on the islands since the English sea captain John Davis charted them in 1592.

The Byzantine emperors maintained a claim over the territory, but none of the new kings in the west dared to elevate himself to the position of emperor of the west, Byzantine control of most of the Western Empire could not be sustained; the reconquest of the Italian peninsula and Mediterranean periphery by Justinian (r. 527 565) was the sole, and temporary, exception.

But maintaining a claim without trying to enforce it is common practice, like the Queen of England calling herself Defender of the Faith.

The only way New Yorkers can possibly survive not being at the absolute epicenter of the universe for a week is to maintain a claim on the homies who are there.

To maintain a claim, the owner must work 1,500 man-hours per five years and pay an annual fee of 6,000 Norwegian krone.

It has been a way for women to enter the public sphere and work outside the home in greater numbers than ever before while maintaining a claim on conservative ideals of chastity and piety.

The TAC maintains a claims management database that contains case-level data for every claim received by the organisation since its inception in 1987.

As is often the case with industrial museums, the Automobile Museum is also an effort to maintain a diminishing claim to a shrinking industry.

In his effrontery, Bertolucci put his abuse in front of the camera and like so many men of that era, maintains a tacit claim of permissive liberation and declines to see what was wrong.

The county maintains a small claims court that can handle some civil cases.