Sentence examples for settlement of areas from inspiring English sources

Finally, from the early 1980's came the accelerated settlement of areas close to the pre-1967 borders, which permitted a spillover of population from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

He says it could be used for other migrating birds and might be especially helpful for speeding up the settlement of areas set aside for conservation--a process that often takes years.

The treaty thus gave a great impetus to westward migration and settlement of those areas.

Settlement of urban areas in South Florida was facilitated by large drainage projects intended to create more land.

Anglo-Saxon settlement of the area began in the 5th century.

More than 50 megalithic funerary monuments (hunebedden, "huns' graves") attest to prehistoric settlement of the area.

Although the state of Baja California has long been inhabited, settlement of the area has been sparse.

Settlement of the area dates to Roman times or earlier, and many of its place-names may be of ancient derivation.

The original road, which facilitated settlement of the area, has been replaced by a modern highway that is called Cariboo Highway along part of its extent.

Settlement of the area began in 1820 when John Kelly built a cabin on what is now the corner of Second and Jefferson streets.

Although land sales to private companies violated British law, the treaty nevertheless became the basis for the colonial settlement of that area.