7 sentences with 'chartered'
Example sentences and phrases with the word chartered and other words derived from it.
• « Ford professed hatred of war, and in 1915 he chartered the Oscar II, a Scandinavian-American liner, and sailed with a delegation of like-minded people to end the conflagration in Europe. »
• « This latest attempt to seize Jerusalem began with a large group of crusaders who chartered passage with Venetian sailors, long accustomed to profiting from crusader traffic. »
• « Most of the 700 employees alternate two weeks on and two weeks off work, and they travel the 2,200 kilometres to Perth by chartered light aircraft. It is the longest commute in the world (the same distance as London to Moscow), yet the company receives hundreds of job applications a month. »
• « It is estimated that the ceremonial use of the hallucinogen called peyote began more than 3,000 years ago. In the late 19th century, it was adopted by more than 40 North American tribes, which led to the Native American Church, a chartered body with over 250,000 members. »
• « When existing banks refused to lend money to small farmers and others with no credit history, state legislatures chartered new banks to meet the demand. In one legislative session, Kentucky chartered forty-six. »
• « In an effort to bring stability to the nation's banking system, Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States (a revival of Alexander Hamilton's national bank) in 1816. »
• « New York State, for example, chartered turnpike companies that dramatically increased the kilometres of state roads from 1,000 in 1810 to 4,000 in 1820. New York led the way in the construction of tolls. »