Marques Sentence Examples

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  • The commercial and political importance of Mozambique has been eclipsed by Lourengo Marques.

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  • Under a succession of liberal governors (especially Luis de las Casas, 1790-1796, and the marques de Someruelos, 1799-1813), at the end of the 18th century and the first part of the 19th, when the wars in Europe cut off Spain almost entirely from the colony, Cuba was practically independent.

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  • In 1890 the construction of the Transvaal section of the railway to connect Pretoria with Delagoa Bay was begun, the line from Lourenco Marques having been completed to Komati Poort in December 1887.

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  • By (1) the distance between Johannesburg and Lourengo Marques is 364 m., by (2) 370 m.

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  • Half the imports reach the Transvaal through the Portuguese port of Lourengo Marques, Durban taking 25% and the Cape ports the remainder.

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  • On the 6th of September Buller, crossing the track of the main army at right angles, occupied Lydenburg in the bush-veld, and five days later the aged presi dent of the republic took refuge in Lourenco Marques.

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  • The statue itself remained for years at Lourenco Marques and appears to have been lost.

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  • As revenue flowed in from the gold-mines on the Rand many fine buildings were erected in the capital, which was placed in railway communication with Cape Town in 1893 and with Lourenco Marques and Durban in 1895.

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  • The only town of any size outside the British possession is Lourenco Marques (Pop. 1907, 9 8 49) in Delagoa Bay.

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  • From the seaports of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira railway lines run to Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Pretoria, while a trunk line extends north from Kimberley through Rhodesia (in which gold mining began on an extensive scale in 1898) and across the Zambezi below the Victoria Falls into the Congo basin, where it serves the Katanga mineral area.

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  • At Lourenco Marques the Chinese colony has its own temple and religious services.

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  • But between Benguella on the west and Lourenco Marques on the east the Portuguese made no attempt to form permanent settlements or trading stations along the coast.

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  • A few days later ex-President Kruger sailed from Lourengo Marques for Europe.

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  • Then, too, an increasingly important factor was the competition of Louren90 Marques for the Rand trade.

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  • An agreement between the Transvaal and the Portuguese governments, concluded in April 1909, while the fate of the draft constitution was still in doubt, assigned to Lourenco Marques 50 to 55% of the import trade to the Rand, and (with certain exceptions) provided for free trade in native products between the Mozambique province and the Transvaal.

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  • Portugal observed neutrality on the outbreak of the AngloBoer War, but the permission it conceded to the British consul at Lourenco Marques to search for contraband of war among goods imported there, and the free passage accorded to an armed force under General Carrington from Beira through Portuguese territory to Rhodesia, were vehemently attacked in the Press and at public meetings.

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  • The award of the Swiss arbitrators in the matter of the Delagoa Bay railway was given in 1900 (see Lourenco Marques).

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  • At first, there was little commonality between the two marques.

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  • Nowhere else can you compare the latest models from these two infamous Italian car marques on the fastest race circuit in the UK.

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  • Nottingham Car 4 Wheel Alignment Ltd align all makes and models of vehicles and also specialize in Porsche and other prestige marques.

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  • This year we especially welcome two extraordinary sports car marques which are being brought along with the support of their member clubs.

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  • While this definition is based on American market MSPs, it can be used globally to identify luxury marques.

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  • Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Merlot 2005 - This wine is priced a little bit above the $20 price point, but not by much, at about $22 a bottle.

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