Sentence examples similar to ocean settlement from inspiring English sources

But where he differs is in how comfortable he is in communicating with executives across the table — or the ocean — to negotiate settlements that avoid long battles.

The region is getting stormier, which threatens settlements, aids ocean mixing that funnels nutrients to deeper waters, and could speed the breakup of sea ice.

Here we see the legacies of coastal settlement where ocean-going ships were the primary modes of transportation.

Given the immense growth of human settlements near the ocean over the last century, the risks of this situation are pretty clear.

Settlement areas nearest the ocean are connected to one another by a coastal highway.

A tiny settlement that fronts the ocean, it is centered on a commercial strip -- mostly restaurants -- that's about a 10-minute walk from end to end.

New York went to federal court to halt the project, saying the dredge material did not meet Ocean Dumping Act standards, and a settlement was reached that resulted in greater enforcement of the Ambro Amendment.

The settlement of the Indian Ocean's largest island is one of the great mysteries in humanity's colonization of the globe.

Madagascar was an important transoceanic trading hub connecting ports of the Indian Ocean in the early centuries following human settlement.

Among other good travel books out this year are Sebastian Hope's The Sea-Gypsies of South East Asia (HarperCollins, £17.99) and Kevin Rushby's Hunting Pirate Heaven: A Voyage in Search of the Lost Pirate Settlements of the Indian Ocean (Constable, £16.99).

Founded and incorporated in 1635 as Musketaquid, it was the first Puritan settlement away from tidewater and ocean commerce; later that year it was renamed Concord, indicative of peaceful agreements with Native Americans.