Sentence examples for weak commonwealth from inspiring English sources
The departure of the Gambia and the fight over the Sri Lankan summit reveal how weak Commonwealth institutions have become.
Prussia tried to take opportunity of the Russian Empire's wars with the Ottoman Empire and Sweden and move the weak Commonwealth into its sphere of influence.
Catherine had no desire to see Poniatowski's reform succeed; she had supported his ascent to the throne to ensure that the Commonwealth would remain a weak state under Russian control, and his attempts to reform the state's ailing machinery were a threat to the status quo.
The Cossack affair, perceived as a weak spot of the Commonwealth, was increasingly becoming an issue in international politics.
Queensland faces a "dramatic escalation" in carbon pollution that guarantees Australia will fail to meet even its "weak" greenhouse targets unless the commonwealth sets a price on emissions, the state's environment minister, Steven Miles, has warned.
Asked whether that was too weak a bargain, Leyonhjelm said the commonwealth could not bind the states to modify their suppression order regimes.
Władysław was fed up with the weak position of the king in the Commonwealth; his politics included attempting to secure a small, preferably hereditary territory – like a duchy – where his position would be much stronger.
The stronger party systems, corporatist decision making, strong bureaucracies, and weak philanthropic sectors dampened think tank development in Commonwealth parliamentary systems and Western Europe.
The position of the Commonwealth with respect to the Duchy of Prussia kept getting weaker, as the power in the Duchy was being taken over by the Electors of Brandenburg.
"The targets [the commonwealth] has set are not high enough and we should be doing our fair share, but even their weak targets will be impossible to meet with Queensland on its current trajectory," he said.
