Sentence examples for of its colonial from inspiring English sources

"Puerto Rico is an incredibly fertile, lush place, but because of its colonial status, it was organized for industrial agriculture," said Von Diaz, a writer who was born in San Juan and raised in Atlanta.

Though largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1868, it has retained much of its colonial atmosphere.

It amounts to arrogance on a par with imperialism itself to say it is an irrelevant event now Britain no longer needs it to jolly along the inhabitants of its colonial outposts – and its own troops – to prevent them revolting.

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To avoid criticism of its colonial policies in Africa, in 1951 the Portuguese had redefined their colonies' status to that of overseas provinces.

Ruins of its colonial church remain.

Many of its colonial buildings with cavernous breezeways have collapsed.

Walcott's poems demanded that the Continent take notice of its colonial legacy.

The island's various Spanish, French, and English place-names are remnants of its colonial history.

Because of its colonial connotations the name Presidential Palace was rejected in favour of Executive Mansion for the White House.

And Britain's choices are circumscribed, illuminating both the ambiguities of its colonial history and the limits on its modern influence.