Sentence examples for progressive provinces from inspiring English sources

The formation of the Union of Arras (January 6 , 1579 by the conservative Catholic provinces of Artois and Hainaut (fearing the dominance of more urban, more commercial, and therefore more progressive provinces) enabled the Spanish commander Alessandro Farnese to resume war against the rebellious Protestants.

With Alberta's Conservative leader and former pro-life campaigner Jason Kenney even declaring he won't touch anti-abortion causes, it's not clear what these two powerful men elected in one of Canada's most progressive provinces were hoping to achieve.

The younger Mr. Xi has risen steadily up the ranks, serving as party leader in the progressive Zhejiang Province and in Shanghai after the party leader there was dismissed for corruption.

In Kharkiv, it was feared (or hoped) that an assassination attempt on the mayor on April 28th would lead to instability, seizing of buildings and then a rapid and progressive insurrection throughout the province.

Is progress necessarily progressive?

Critics in his native Quebec said that he was out of step with the province's more progressive bishops, but that is not necessarily a drawback in today's church.

But in the Quebec City apartment where they gave us the rendez-vous, the women were concerned that some of the province's habitually progressive mores are in jeopardy.

When the ex-CFL superstar took over from Peter Lougheed as leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives in 1985, the province was in hard shape (oil hit nine bucks a barrel in 1986).

Reports suggested she was considered an inspiration to several other young female singers from the North West Frontier Province who admired her progressive stance in a conservative society.

Our province has just mandated a progressive sex education curriculum that will come into effect next fall.

Experts have said these changes now make the province's curriculum the most progressive in Canada.