Sentence examples for some cantons from inspiring English sources

The success of Zwingli's Reformation in some cantons led to inter-cantonal religious conflicts in 1529 and 1531 (Wars of Kappel).

In some cantons, oversampling of households was performed to obtain accurate cantonal estimates.

In some cantons, oversampling of the households was made to obtain accurate cantonal estimates, and extra strata were used for the cantons of Zurich and Bern.

Foreign residents make up about one-fifth of the country's total population, and in some cantons the proportion is considerably higher.

Other official holidays are religious in origin, and many of them, such as Whit Monday and Assumption, are observed in only some cantons.

In some cantons you have to pay stamps for bin bags to discourage too much rubbish from being thrown away.In a referendum in 1990, voters endorsed a ten-year freeze on the building of new nuclear-power plants.

One would have dropped the lump-sum tax privileges that some Swiss cantons allow wealthy foreigners.

There are ways to manage the pain; some smaller cantons offer lower rates, and expatriates are able to offset certain expenses like school fees and rent.

Unsurprisingly, mensuren were encouraged by the Nazis and banned after World War II, but as Mr. Cohen observes, "about 1,500 to 2,000 Mensuren are still fought every year in Germany, Austria, and some Swiss cantons".

Each province is divided into cantones (cantons), and each canton is divided into distritos (districts).

Earlier this week French lawmaker Arnaud Montebourg an ally of the Socialist Party's presidential candidate Segolene Royal said it was time the EU did something about the tax "banditry" of some Swiss cantons.