Sentence examples for sole capital from inspiring English sources

Hartford became the sole capital of Connecticut in 1875 after having been co-capital (with New Haven) of both colony and state since 1701.

It is the sole capital provider to Atlantic Supergrid and owns more than 70% of the total profits, according to Truell's declaration of interests.

Newport was one of Rhode Island's five original capital cities, (each serving in rotation as the seat of the General Assembly), which were reduced to Newport and Providence in 1854 Providencee became sole capital in 1900.

Providence was incorporated as a city in 1831 and became sole capital of Rhode Island in 1900, after having shared the duty first with four other towns and from 1854 with Newport.

Despite repeated calls by St. Catherine of Siena and others for the popes to return to Rome, Avignon remained the sole capital of the church until 1377 and remained one of the residences of the papacy during the Great Schism (1378 1417) when popes ruled in Avignon and Rome.

The revised resolution also called for East Jerusalem to become the sole capital of a future Palestinian state, which has long been a centerpiece to peace negotiations, and remains a flashpoint for conflict since Israel effectively annexed the city.

Benchmark was the sole venture capital investor in Friendfeed, which raised a $5 million in an early 2008.

They assumed that poor people were unable to save, and that their sole need was for capital.

In Maine, where the Republicans swept into sole control of the capital two years ago, the Democrats this month took back both chambers of the Legislature.

In 1867, Karl Marx argued, "It would be possible to write quite a history of the inventions, made since 1830, for the sole purpose of supplying capital with weapons against the revolts of the working-class".

Today, Hound Labs is announcing that Benchmark has invested $8.1 million in the company as its sole Series B investor, capital that brings the company's total funding to $14 million.