Sentence examples for pursue independence from inspiring English sources

Salmond said winning a second term as first minister would give the SNP an undeniable mandate to pursue independence.

All three of Taiwan's leading presidential candidates have declared that they will not pursue independence from the mainland.

Her book is sub-titled "Why happiness eludes the modern women", by which she means women who pursue independence and who blame men for their troubles.

In an interview published today, Mr. Kostunica also appealed to Montenegro not to pursue independence, but the Montenegrin president insisted he would seek a form of statehood.

"What if that doesn't work out?" But meeting regularly with Justin's family, under the new requirements of a civil rights law called the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act, school officials encouraged him to pursue independence.

Otegi, who joined Eta as a teenager and was later imprisoned for kidnapping, is credited with playing a pivotal role in persuading the group to lay down its weapons and pursue independence by peaceful means.

(Iraq's minority Kurdish population, concentrated in the north of the country, had flirted with the idea of pursuing independence).

But, the officials say, an oil agreement is impossible as long as the Kurds insist on pursuing independence.

China has accused him of pursuing independence for Tibet, while he maintains that he is seeking only autonomy, not separation.

Mr. Jiang has stressed the need to accelerate preparations to attack Taiwan in the event the island pursues independence, a stance that may also make him seem indispensable to the military at a crucial juncture, party officials say.

"Whether people like or not, Catalonia does most of its trade with the rest of Spain, so pursuing independence would add a lot of uncertainty, which is not exactly what people need in the middle of a crisis," said Sara González, a 34-year-old chemist.