Sentence examples for securing independence from inspiring English sources

He devoted his first term in office to securing independence from Britain and used that prestige to win five more elections.

KIGALI, Rwanda — In the fading light and steady rain at Amahoro Stadium, the Eritrea national soccer team trained in silence Monday as it prepared for one of its most important matches since securing independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

For Bangladesh, which is hosting eight of a total of 49 matches, the tournament is the biggest sporting event the country has hosted since securing independence in 1971 and senior officials believe it is a chance to improve the nation's image as a place notorious for natural disasters and poverty.

Washington, Jefferson et al. may have emerged from the Revolutionary era as larger than life, but the program makes a good case that Franklin's wide-ranging achievements were more impressive and that his role in securing independence was just as crucial.

When the French were able to achieve temporary control of the sea lanes against the British, the result was the reinforcement of the Continental Army with siege artillery and French troops all of which proved decisive in the Siege of Yorktown, effectively securing independence for the Thirteen Colonies.

In fact, in 1826, a militia led by Austin aided the Mexican military in suppressing the Freedonian Rebellion, an early attempt at securing independence from Mexico by settlers in the area around Nacogdoches that had resulted largely from a conflict between old settlers and those who had arrived as part of the grant to empresario Hayden Edwards.

Within a decade, Sudan secured independence.

In the past 20 years, only four countries have secured independence: Timor-Leste, Montenegro, Kosovo and South Sudan.

In their campaign to secure independence from France, the Algerian National Liberation Front resorted to terror.

While the unionists have to win every time to preserve the UK, the Nationalists only have to win once to secure independence.

India and Pakistan have been locked in a dispute over the Himalayan region since the two countries secured independence from Britain in 1947.