Sentence examples for secure a passage from inspiring English sources

Whatever the reason, he had paid the equivalent of £240,000 in today's money to secure a passage from India.

After his mother's death, Joseph had involved himself fruitlessly in 1784 in an attempt to force the Dutch to lift their blockade to secure a passage to the sea for the Austrian Netherlands.

By the time Tangier had secured a passage from Hong Kong to London on board a cargo vessel, one of the six pandas was dead.

The campaign did cause "enormous damage to ... [Ottoman] national resources", and at that stage of the war the Allies were in a better position to replace their losses than the Ottomans, but ultimately the Allied attempt at securing a passage through the Dardanelles proved unsuccessful.

It is a joyless parade and the most comprehensive effort to date in Chicago and perhaps the country intended to secure a safe passage to school.

There were reports that as many as 20,000 Yazidis had managed to secure a safe passage off Mount Sinjar through a Kurdish-controlled part of Syria and then into the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous zone.

The 46-year-old second seed, who has won the competition for the past two years, never looked in danger of an early exit as he won each set 3-1 to secure a quick passage to the next round.

Celtic are the only Scottish side to have featured in group stage competition over the past two seasons and co-efficient points are needed to secure a smoother passage for the country's European representatives in future seasons.

In order to secure a peaceful passage through the land of the Khazars, the Rus' promised the Khazars half of their spoils.

Kharkiv is a key strategic point for pro-Russia forces, who are likely seeking to secure a land passage from Russia to Crimea, which was annexed following a Putin-backed putsch in March.

While they toured the country's opera houses, they also secured a safe passage for dozens of people who would otherwise have perished in the Holocaust.