Sentence examples for of a commonwealth from inspiring English sources
As members of a commonwealth, Puerto Ricans hold American citizenship and can be drafted.
Foreign secretary Jack Straw has been in Nigeria as part of a Commonwealth delegation.
The establishment of a Commonwealth government in 1901 inaugurated a new era in the history of New South Wales.
During his governorship, he achieved a lifelong goal in changing Puerto Rico's status to that of a commonwealth.
He said: "The supreme court just said, 'Let's be real, this concept of a commonwealth is a fraud.
But ears are closed to him as leader of a Commonwealth mission trying to promote multiracial negotiations in South Africa.
"It would have been possible to have done this within the Order of Australia, and without partially resuming the awarding of imperial honours, which had been formally abandoned as a result of a commonwealth-state agreement in the early 1990s.
I've witnessed how UNICEF makes such a difference to children's lives, and I hope that everyone will tune in to the Opening Ceremony to be part of a Commonwealth-wide moment that has never been done before".
The request, Guardian Australia understands, was in reference to unhappiness among opposition members with the conduct of a Commonwealth Secretariat delegation sent in December.
Trading on some major Chicago commodity exchanges was disrupted throughout the day yesterday following the explosion on Monday afternoon of a Commonwealth Edison electrical transformer.
MOTT HAVEN Long Lost Films Of a Commonwealth Ateneo Puertorriquenoo's Cine sin Pantalla" is part of Borough President Fernando Ferrer's Puerto Rican Heritage Month celebration; Mr. Ferrer notes that "film is a wonderful medium to preserve our heritage and culture".
