Sentence examples for settlements- from inspiring English sources

If rural settlements today are, in the main, Potemkin villages, perhaps they are skirted by Potemkin hunts.

In settlements that lack toilets or electricity, 80% of the leopard attacks happen when people go out to answer nature's call after dark.

The leopards come close to human settlements looking for food, says SGNP wildlife researcher and conservationist Krishna Tiwari.

Illegal settlements - including nagars (settlements by non-indigenous people), padas (tribal settlements) and high-rise buildings - continue to swell in and around the park.

Since 2007, Detroit has paid out almost $27m in lawsuits and settlements costs related to police misconduct.

These were fortified settlements, established by various rulers between the 11th and 17th centuries, now swallowed by the sprawling city of today.

This week, two mortgage-crisis settlements hit the news: one potential and one official.

But Palestinian officials are dismissive of the argument, saying there is no peace process to speak of and that Israel has done little to enhance Abbas's credibility by continuing to expand Jewish settlements and treating him with contempt.

Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has unequivocally ruled out the establishment of a Palestinian state as he vowed to strengthen construction of settlements in occupied east Jerusalem should he be re-elected on Tuesday.

It frantically lobbies against any Australian government criticising settlements.

The whole settlement process has been corrupted, according to the Israeli opposition, with millions in government funds supporting the settlements, run by people who vote for the rightwing in Likud primaries.