Sentence examples for substantial territory from inspiring English sources

Franz I surrendered not only substantial territory, but declared the end of the Holy Roman Empire to avoid ceding the title to Napoleon.

Even so, the rebels have taken substantial territory in western Libya over the past few weeks, and Colonel Qaddafi's forces have not mounted a forceful counterattack.

Louis I had carefully planned his three elder sons' inheritances, but from 829 onward his attempts to allocate substantial territory to the future Charles II (the Bald), his young son by a second wife, led to revolts by Charles's half brothers.

At the end of 2013, ISIS moved back to Iraq, taking over substantial territory.

So did the fact that the self-proclaimed caliphate controlled substantial territory in Syria and Iraq.

Before that time, whether as the County of Barcelona or the Kingdom of Aragon, Catalonia had ruled a substantial territory in Italy and southern France.

By its terms the Ottoman Empire lost substantial territories in the Balkans to Austria, thus marking the end of Ottoman westward expansion.

Polish-Swedish differences permitted Muscovite diplomats to bring the two countries to separate truces (Sweden, 1617; Poland, 1618); although these left substantial territories under the control of Poland and Sweden, they provided a needed interlude of peace.

Armed resistance soon developed in the region, and by 1942, it controlled substantial territories, especially in mountainous parts of Slavonia.

Although the Italian Wars would continue for another three decades, they would end with France having failed to regain any substantial territories in Italy.

Substantial territories had been recovered, and his successes against the invading Petchenegs, Serbs and Seljuk Turks, along with his attempts to establish Byzantine suzerainty over the Crusader States in Antioch and Edessa, did much to restore the reputation of his empire.