Sentence examples for provinces about from inspiring English sources

"They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.

He was named head of the northern zone police, covering nine northern provinces, about a year ago at a time when security in northern Afghanistan was steadily deteriorating.

On one side is a self-assured elite from Moscow, here to instruct the provinces about what is new, cool and on the cutting edge.

A wide search was under way for the suspects in Marib and Shabwa Provinces, about 100 miles east of Sana, the capital, an Interior Ministry official said.

Phnom Penh's traffic police chief, Chev Hak, said that officials will begin instructing their colleagues in the capital and the provinces about the new law soon.

A senior military officer at the Pentagon noted that of Afghanistan's more than 300 districts, divided among 34 provinces, about two-thirds could see control turned over to local security forces without significant risk as there is little fighting now.

Yet Canada's smallest province (about 120 miles from tip to tip) has retained much of its unhurried pace and rural sensibility.

The original sampling frame was based on households in 13 of the 27 Indonesian provinces, representing about 83% of the Indonesian population in 1993.

The sampling frame was based on households in 13 of the 27 Indonesian provinces, representing about 83% of the Indonesian population.

Last week, 17 people were killed in Ain Defla Province, about 80 miles southwest of Algiers.

He said that there had been about 10 attacks a week in the province, about the same level as last year.