9 sentences with 'continental'
Example sentences and phrases with the word continental and other words derived from it.
• « The colonies continued the continental practice of growing olives and grapes for oil and wine, but also took advantage of much more fertile areas outside Greece to grow other crops. »
• « As a constitutional monarchy, Britain was a major exception to the continental pattern of absolutism. »
• « The last great continental power, Prussia, entered the war in 1806, but its army was no match for Napoleon, who defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Jena and then occupied Berlin. »
• « Despite the setbacks discussed below, Napoleon's forces continued to dominate continental Europe until 1813; attempts by the Prussians and, to a lesser extent, the Austrians to regain the initiative always failed thanks to French military dominance. »
• « By the end of 1807 all continental European nations except Denmark, Sweden and Portugal had closed their ports to British trade. »
• « In many continental kingdoms, members of the nobility were forbidden to actively engage in trade until the period of the French Revolution. »
• « The only continental region to industrialise in earnest before the 1840s was the southern fringe of the Netherlands, which became the newly created nation of Belgium in 1830 after a revolution. »
• « The Spanish liberal coup of 1820 was the first major test of the Holy Alliance's commitment to prevent revolution anywhere in Europe. True to form, the continental members of the alliance supported a French army of 200,000 in the invasion of Spain and the restoration of Ferdinand to the throne. »