Sentence examples for settlements lie from inspiring English sources

In one sense, it is this remoteness that connects them: few significant settlements lie in between and their distance from other major cities has historically forced them to look towards one another.

All three settlements lie on reclaimed land, adjacent to wetlands, and to one another (Fig. 2).

Between the settlements lie twining pathways and almost surreally-terraced cliffs, a painstakingly chiselled landscape of gardens, vineyards and fields.

Historically about 80% of Kosovo settlements lie at an altitude <750 m, where the majority of them belong to range size up to 2500 inh.

The northern expansion zone (SA5; lowland humid Chiquitano forest) originated from the San Julián resettlement scheme of indigenous people from the Andes where small nucleated settlements lie central to soybean agricultural fields extending out in radial patterns (Steininger et al. 2001a).

Over 100 settlements lie outside what most observers consider could realistically be annexed to Israel under a mutually acceptable peace plan.

Entire settlements lay underwater, with no power, phone service or relief access.

Little remains from pre-history, but the names suggest that the two settlements lay at either end of a stone causeway across the marsh.

Codrington, the only settlement, lies on a lagoon to the west.

The settlement lies four or five streets deep along the lake, with houses strung close together on small lots.

But politicians and diplomats say that the more difficult part of finding a permanent settlement lies ahead.