Sentence examples for of belgium first from inspiring English sources

It is a war both modern and primitive, fought in helicopter gunships and aerial bombings, but more often by bands of men armed with rifles and machetes darting in and out of forest that has become as inaccessible as when King Leopold II of Belgium first commissioned Henry Stanley to explore it in 1878.

Because of Belgium's neutral status in the early stages of the Second World War, A4 had large Belgian tricolours painted on each side of its hull, as well as the word " " (Dutch for "Belgium") in white, to prevent it being mistaken for a belligerent ship.

BELGIUM Belgium have improved, but remain weaker than the sum of their parts.

Hamilton, who reported no problems with his car, leads Rosberg by 21 points at the midpoint to the season with Belgium the first race after the August break.

Wilshere sparked controversy when he was asked about the prospect of Belgium-born midfielder Adnan Januzaj playing for England.

We're all over photographer Zeb Daemen's editorial for the new issue of Belgium-based DM Magazine this week.

Belgium are third, followed by Portugal and Colombia.

Belgium were third in the world when we played them and we got over that massive hurdle.

A law decriminalizing euthanasia took effect yesterday, making Belgium the second country, along with the Netherlands, to permit doctors to kill terminally ill patients.

C. 1535 Antwerp, Belgium 1589 Puebla, Mexico Simón Pereyns, (born c. 1535, Antwerp [now in Belgium] died 1589, Puebla de los Angeles, Viceroyalty of New Spain [now Puebla, Mexico]) Flemish-born painter, one of the first European painters to produce significant work in New Spain Mexicoo).

"Quand tu marques sur le premier ballon du premier match du premier Euro de ta vie #fieretotale ("When you score with your first touch in the first match of the first Euro of your life #total pride)," Batshuayi wrote on his Twitter account that evening, alongside a gif of him extravagantly celebrating a goal during Belgium training.