Sentence examples for settlements which were from inspiring English sources

Surface settlements, which were also a source of concern, were small.

These settlements, which were occupied roughly between 800 and 1600 A.D., included houses and moats and palisade walls.

Those settlements, which were based on intensive taro cultivation using complex irrigation systems, were protected by massive ring-ditch fortifications.

Despite these failings, the NAO concluded that five negotiated settlements which were the subject of the report were "reasonable" and fair to the public purse.

This book also deals with the relations between the colonial state, rich peasants, zamindars and peasants under the ryotwary and zamindary settlements, which were introduced at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Instead of large-scale developments built on a rigid grid system, Tokyo's boom was powered by small-time building contractors and private individuals building single family homes, informal settlements which were gradually incorporated into the city as a whole.

Rural areas are grouped into caseríos (settlements), which are subdivisions of aldeas.

Decades of urbanisation have emptied out these ancient agricultural settlements, which are unique to the region.

It would prevent companies from writing off punitive damages in private settlements, which is currently allowed.

Oxfam says it "is opposed to all trade from Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law".

Those settlements, which are illegal under international law, house around 500,000 Jewish settlers and are largely inaccessible to Palestinians.