Sentence examples for nations maintained from inspiring English sources

He told supporters that he would not quit as long as western nations maintained sanctions on his party.

Under the terms of the treaty, the three nations maintained a consultative relationship with each other and strove to ensure their collective security in the Pacific region.

But both nations maintained demands for action on bonuses to curb the excessive risk they claim propelled the world into crisis.

Throughout the remainder of 1793, the British and French navies undertook minor operations in Northern waters, the Mediterranean and the West and East Indies, where both nations maintained colonies.

At the peak of the Cold War, 16 member nations maintained an approximate strength of 5,252,800 active military, including as many as 435,000 forward deployed US forces, under a command structure that reached a peak of 78 headquarters, organized into four echelons.

However, the two nations maintain interests sections in each other's capitals.

Data for the index are drawn from national databases and cover the exclusive economic zone of each coastal country — the marine territory extending 200 miles from shore over which nations maintain sovereignty.

In any case, the advisory appeared to cause confusion among the countries that were notified, a relatively small group, since few nations maintain embassies in the isolated and often belligerent North.

While poorer nations maintain they have a moral obligation to make cheaper, generic drugs available to their populations — by limiting patents in some cases — the brand name pharmaceutical companies contend the profits they reap are essential to their ability to develop and manufacture innovative medicines.

Although Mr. Obama has vowed that his long-term goal is eliminating nuclear weapons, there are significant disagreements about how fast and how deep reductions might be made while guaranteeing America's security in a world in which other nations maintain nuclear arsenals, others might be tempted to build them — and bomb-making knowledge can never be erased.

Six nations maintain competing claims to island groups in the South China Sea; the most expansive assertions of sovereignty are China's.