Sentence examples for millions of settlement from inspiring English sources

Such feelings of indignation sparked applause and jeers inside the courtroom, and angry comments by the judge, who dismissed as "phony arguments" claims that he has unfairly sent tens of millions of settlement money to impoverished Jews in countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain, while ignoring the poverty of survivors elsewhere.

Under the same economic system, Córdoba rose to leadership in the 17th and 18th centuries, because the expansion of settlement gave the city a central location and because the University of Córdoba, founded in 1613, put the city in the intellectual forefront of the region.

A second wave of settlement followed in the 9th or 10th century.

Archaeological excavations (1943 45 and 1954 57) have revealed the existence of settlement there from the 12th and 13th centuries.

A 20-minute drive away on the other side of Arles is the 15th-century settlement of Les Baux de Provence, perched on a rocky outcrop and towering over the region.

It is believed that the barn swallow began attaching its nest to Native American habitations in the early 19th century, and the subsequent spread of settlement across North America is thought to have resulted in a dramatic population expansion of the species across the continent.

Although it was once a center of the slave trade, its origins lie partly in a remarkably utopian 18th-century settlement of emancipated slaves.

In fact, analyses of 17th century settlement refuse assemblages show a focus on introduced mammals and a lack of dodo remains, indicating that dodos did not form a significant part of the settlers' diet.

Warburton has a history of settlement stretching back to the 11th century, with the possibility of earlier habitation.

But as the 20th century settlement of the Middle East collapses, the outcome is unlikely to be peace and prosperity.

Chinsurah was an important 17th-century settlement of the Dutch, who built a factory (trading station) there in 1656.