6 sentences with 'nation'

Example sentences and phrases with the word nation and other words derived from it.

« I believe that each nation will have to cede a part of its sovereignty to a "higher authority", perhaps under the auspices of the United Nations, to confront, monitor and police ecological problems. »
« Similarly, England would eventually go from being an important but secondary state in terms of power and influence to being the most powerful nation in the world in the 19th century. For these reasons it is worth devoting considerable attention to the case of English politics during this period. »
« Note here that the Dutch seizure of the Cape of Good Hope was the historical origin of the modern nation of South Africa - these were the first permanent European settlers. »
« Almost all philosophers claimed that the legitimacy of a monarch was based on his rule coinciding with the prosperity of the nation and the absence of cruelty and injustice in the laws of the land. The implication was that the people have the right to judge the monarch in terms of his competence and rationality. »
« Significantly, this was the only war that France "won" in the course of the 18th century, and it gained nothing more than the satisfaction of having finally defeated its British enemy. The real winners were the American colonists who could now create an independent nation. »
« The Estates General had not met since 1614. Like the British parliament, its original function was to serve as a meeting place for the French king to negotiate with the entire nation for money, mostly in the service of war. »
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