Sentence examples for minor settlements from inspiring English sources

But, as Carlo Strenger writes in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, any unilateral pullout would surely involve Israel retaining the major (and, probably, the minor) settlements it has established, as well as a security cordon in the Jordan River valley along the border with Jordan, leaving Palestinian territory encircled.

The area is located on the right bank of the Guidomandri creek and is characterized by the presence of several elements at risk, including, beside the village itself, isolated buildings and minor settlements.

Patton Boggs officials back them up, confining their contribution to the relatively minor settlement provision.

Although Homeric Troy was described as a wealthy and populous city, by this time some scholars had come to accept the probability of a lesser Troy a relatively minor settlement, perhaps a princely seat.

What happened was legal, but many shareholders felt cheated, and Kluge had to cough up a minor settlement.

In 1839, the confiscation by the Chinese authorities at Canton of 20,000 chests of opium led Britain to attack China in the First Opium War, and resulted in the seizure by Britain of Hong Kong Island, at that time a minor settlement.

In for the long haul, Laporte says he can shrug off any minor regulatory settlements, though enrollment growth is slowing "from a high rate to a still-high rate".

It reassigned 7 Independent Company in late November to Marymount Mission, a small settlement to the east of Rusambo where there was a minor police station.

However, GPR profiles from the areas with dense vegetative coverage, and with pipe insulation of 80-mm-thick extruded polystyrene (XPS), and also with vertical thermosyphons installed, showed that permafrost foundation soils were thermally better protected, with only minor thaw settlement.

"If they destroy the peace talks over this minor issue of settlement building, the Labor Party will leave the government," Minorities Affairs Minister Avishay Braverman of Labor said in a telephone interview.

They dutifully praise important but minor accomplishments — the settlement of a longstanding class-action lawsuit by black farmers; increased funds for black colleges; the reduction (but not elimination) of the disparities in sentences for possession of crack and powder cocaine — while setting aside their critical acumen.