Sentence examples for patch of the capital from inspiring English sources

Still, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia controls only a small patch of the capital.

The Transitional Federal Government has been paralyzed by infighting and accusations of corruption over the past several months, and it controls only a small patch of the capital.

East London might be the natural home of grime and minimal techno, but this patch of the capital flies the flag for the latest and most unlikely pop births in glitch-hop and digi-dubstep, fidget and funky house.

It would be patronising, not to mention wrong, to say: "Not bad for a kid who grew up in a patch of the capital where youngsters easily ended up in prison".

While waiting for the developers and coffee shops to move in, Newham council sublet more than 300 of its properties in this small patch of the capital to a big private landlord called Tando.

Despite rapid improvement, the restaurant scene isn't a patch on the capital's, either.

But the test of the enormous wealth generated in patches of the capital is not that it contributed 20%-30 20%-30itain's GDP but how it affects the lives of the millions who live and work there.

Officials made clear there would be no crackdown on demonstrators who have seized several patches of the capital, and life in the city continued as normal with tourist sites unaffected and no major deployment of extra security forces.

Then, last year, when peace came, she opened Lola Ya Bonobo, a sanctuary for orphaned bonobos on a 75-acre patch of green on the fringes of the capital.

We associate enduring high densities of wild grey partridges in Prague, the Czech Republic, with the existence of unmanaged wasteland, herbaceous patches spread out between urbanized areas of the capital and its surrounding agricultural landscape.

The hosts are patched through to the capital of each country in turn, where a grinning local announcer is ready with his or her nation's choice, which is split between a professional jury and phone-in viewers.