Sentence examples for settlements often from inspiring English sources

In contrast were tightly nucleated settlements, often surrounded with protective timber palisades.

Before the arrival of Europeans, larger aboriginal settlements often were concentrated at seasonal meeting places.

Extensive squatter settlements, often lacking basic services, are a common element of all Mexican cities.

Spreading American settlements often caused additional unrest on the country's western borders.

In western Anatolia the dead usually were buried in cemeteries outside the settlements, often in large clay vessels.

The towns that are now declining were once growing quickly, denuding other settlements, often in the countryside.

Movement and settlement often came by rushes, not by a slow, steady advance.

This differential settlement often causes pavement distress, such as longitudinal cracks or the drop-off (or sinking) of pavement sections.

Up until 1948 it purchased land for settlement, often from absentee landlords, and then evicted the peasants from that land.

A settlement often involves forfeiting ill-gotten gains, paying a fine and being prohibited from serving as a director of a public company.

All were announced on the same day the SEC filed its complaint.A settlement often suits the authorities as well as the banks.