6 sentences with 'cede'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cede 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. »
• « When Rome was forced to cede territory to Persia in 363 AD after a series of military defeats, Roman writers were horrified that the loss of territory represented "abandonment" to the other civilisation and state. »
• « Dissatisfied with what had happened, believing that the new king could be his enemy, Napoleon brought King Ferdinand VII and his father together in the French city of Bayonne. There he forced the new monarch to return the crown to Charles IV and succeeded in getting the latter to cede it to him. He then appointed his brother Joseph I Bonaparte king of Spain. Ferdinand VII was taken prisoner in France. »
• « Realising that the conflict between the United States and the Creeks and Seminoles would continue, Spain opted to cede the colony to its northern neighbour. »
• « Realising that the British were unwilling to cede all claims to the territory, Polk proposed that the land be divided at 49° latitude (today's Washington-Canada border). However, the British denied American claims to land north of the Columbia River (today's northern Oregon border). In fact, the British foreign secretary refused even to transmit Polk's proposal to London. »
• « Article first The chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes and the other chiefs who have not joined the confederation, cede to the Queen of England for ever the entire Sovereignty of their country. Article second The Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and the tribes and to all the people of New Zealand, the possession of their lands, dwellings and all their property. »