Sentence examples for there were moves from inspiring English sources

After severe economic dislocation in the 1690s there were moves that led to political union with England as the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.

On that occasion, Iraq was ostracised, international sanctions were imposed and there were moves to indict the Ba'athist leaders.

Behind the scenes at Davos, there were moves for companies to come together in more dynamic coalitions, which hopefully will reach fruition in the next few months.

A few years back, there were moves to ease it out of town, as has happened with livestock markets elsewhere, as if they were unseemly.

One Brexiter MP said there were moves afoot to destabilise the prime minister including many more letters going to Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, and an orchestrated campaign of letter-writing by Conservative association chairmen.

The Brexit jokes crossed international boundaries, too, with Malta Today reporting there were moves to revoke the George Cross medal awarded to Malta by King George VI in 1942.

There were moving walkways on both sides of her now, and none of them moved.

"Every day, there were moving vans," said Eric Johnston, one of the tenants.

"A lot of the musicians who went there were moved...

Large ships at the port there were moved to Jamaica before the storm struck.

There are moves in this direction.