Sentence examples for marques as the from inspiring English sources

Eyeing the shoreline and the Portuguese city of Lourenço Marques as the steamer takes on supplies, Hanna, a very young widow, only 18, spontaneously decides to jump ship and make a new life on the African continent.

The resisting Gaza Empire, a collection of indigenous tribes who inhabited the area that now constitutes Mozambique and Zimbabwe, was defeated in 1895, and the remaining inland tribes were eventually defeated by 1902; in that same year, Portugal established Lourenço Marques as the capital.

It was agreed that Salisbury would keep the Federal overseas missions in Pretoria and Lourenço Marques, as well as the British Embassy desks in Bonn, Tokyo and Washington.

Buyers were tempted by attractive new models from its Jeep and Dodge marques as well as the firm's award-winning Chrysler 300 saloon.

By the way, this is a plan of action that might suit other luxury marques as well.

CNW's Spinella says this kind of fleet sales can be as good for a marque as the rental fleet can be bad.

Holden re-introduced its defunct Statesman title in 1990 this time under the Holden marque, as the Statesman and Caprice.

A hundred years after its founding, Stutz is being honored as a featured marque at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance, which takes place here next Sunday.

IGA Automobile chairman Ray Bellm says the investment vehicle will snap up coveted marques such as the "brutally purposeful and heart-stoppingly beautiful" Aston Martin DB4GT and the Ferrari GTO – which is an "important piece of automotive history".

Prestigious marques such as the Financial Times, which came in at a deflating 191st, and the Ritz Carlton hotel, a dismal No. 142, rated lower than mass-market U.S. names such as Starbucks, at 19th, and eBay, 27th.

Ford has made steady inroads into the British auto industry in recent years, buying such prestige marques as Jaguar and Aston Martin before it acquired the Land Rover division from BMW.