Sentence examples for territorial base from inspiring English sources

The wealthier the territorial base, the greater the potential power of the controlling faction.

Each separate power group had to possess a territorial base from which to tax and recruit.

Isis was also able to gain a territorial base in Syria due to the chaos of the civil war.

However, without a domestic territorial base it could become increasingly sidelined, despite continued high-profile terrorist attacks.

A humanitarian corridor would also provide the Syrian opposition with a similar safe haven and a potential territorial base inside Syria.

The US Senate delivers independent-minded members from a territorial base, but they exert power over legislation and are rightly elected.

Pedro IV Agua Rosada Nsamu a Mvemba of Kibangu (reigned 1696 1718) engineered an agreement that recognized the integrity of the territorial bases while rotating kingship among them.

The system, which has been characterized as a kind of military feudalism, worked well enough when the central authority was strong but provided territorial bases for the Nayakas to build semi-independent hereditary holdings in times of imperial weakness.

Many of London's gangs are territorial, based on postcodes and estates, but senior officers said that some of the better organised groups had sought to spread their areas of influence outside of the capital where there is less competition between rivals and potential lucrative areas to exploit.

These population counts are geographically mapped according to ISTAT territorial bases.

"Through both judicial and legislative efforts, [US patent law] has evolved from a strict territorial based set of laws asserting jurisdiction only over those infringements taking place on American soil," according to University of Alberta professors Moin Yahya and Cameron Hutchison.