United-states-of-america Sentence Examples

Presbyterians of different churches in the United States in 1906 numbered 1,830,555; of this total 322,542 were in Pennsylvania, where there were 248,335 members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (the Northern Church), being more than one-fifth of its total membership; 56,587 members of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, being more than two-fifths of its total membership; 2709 members of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, three-tenths of its total membership; the entire membership of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States and Canada (440), 3150 members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, nearly one-fourth of its total membership; and 2065 members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, general synod, about five-ninths of its total membership. The strength of the Church in Pennsylvania is largely due to the Scotch-Irish settlements in that state.

Here too was signed (December 24, 1814) the treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America.

As they had not been actually colonized by England, the republic of Buenos Aires claimed the group in 1820, and subsequently entered into a dispute with the United States of America concerning the rights to the products of these islands.

Treaties of friendship were concluded with Germany, Great Britain, and the United States of America.

In the United States of America the Appalachian mountain system, from Pennsylvania southward, roughly marks the line of the chief coal-producing region.

Here he became an active member of the committee of national defence, and when obliged to fly the country he joined Kossuth in England and with him made a tour in the United States of America.

From these two centres, and from later settlements, arose the "Plantations" of the English, which gradually increased to the number of thirteen and were destined to become the United States of America.

In the United States of America the law relating to the lending of money on usury varies in the different states.

They then emigrated to the United States of America to look for work.

In one of these exceptional years, 1898, the average rose to 34s., but this was due entirely to a couple of months of inflated prices in the early half of the year, when the outbreak of war between Spain and the United States of America coincided with a huge speculative deal in the latter country.

Of the governments which were parties in these several cases Great Britain heads the list in point of numbers, the United States of America being a good second.

In the army of the United States of America chaplains are originally appointed by the president, and subsequently are under the authority of the secretary of war, who receives recommendations as regards transfer from department commanders.

As the United States of America produce more tobacco than any other country it will be best to deal generally with conditions there and to refer to marked differences in dealing with production in other countries.

The function of such an agency is performed in the United States of America by the express companies (see Express).

A fundamental code was adopted in 1845 and a provisional government was established, to endure until " the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us."

Upon his return he preached a characteristic sermon entitled The United States of America compared with some European Countries, particularly England (published 1826), in which, although there was some praise for the English church, he so boldly criticized the establishment, state patronage, cabinet appointment of bishops, lax discipline, and the low requirements of theological education, as to rouse much hostility in England, where he had been highly praised for two volumes of Sermons on the Principal Events and Truths of Redemption (1824).

The In 1861 the accession of Abraham Lincoln to the presi- American dency of the United States of America caused the Civil War.

The Philippine Islands which had been for several centuries a Spanish possession, passed in 1898 by conquest to the United States of America.

Of the 52,644 (42,607) foreigners, there were 34,277 (26,018) French, 10,211 (9, 26) Italians, 4653 (4283) subjects of the German empire, 583 (468) British subjects, 832 (777) Russians, and 285 (251) citizens of the United States of America.

Schools at Athens and Rome were founded by France in 1846 and 1873, by the United States of America in 1882 and 1895, and by England in 1883 and 1901; and periodicals are published by the schools of all these four nations.

In some of the island-groups independent native states were recognized for some time by the powers, as in the case of Hawaii, which, after the deposition of the queen in 1893 and the proclamation of a republic in 1894, was annexed to the United States of America only in 1898, or, again, in the case of Tonga, which provided a curious example of the subordination of a native organization to unauthorized foreign influence.

The Hawaiian Islands forma territory of the United States of America and are administered as such; Guam is a naval station, as is Tutuila of the Samoan Islands, where the commandant exercises the functions of governor.

Under the reign of Kalakaua (1874-1891) there was a strong reaction towards heathenism, but since the annexation of the islands by the United States of America the various churches of that land have taken up the task of evangelization and consolidation.

The task of averting the racial bitterness so dominant in the United States of America is a most formidable one.

The American Baptists in Liberia (1821) and the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (1827), the Congregationalists of the United States of America and Canada in Angola, and the English and American Baptists on the Congo (since 1875) have also extensive and prospering agencies.

More attention seems to have been given to the matter in the United States of America and in Germany and Russia than in England, but the infinite variety of samples known to the commercial expert, and the impossibility of standardizing those in such a manner as to make readily recognizable what the chemist has treated, renders most of the recorded analyses of uncertain value.

The United States of America and the great colonial dependencies follow generally the English way of using the beverage.

In the United States of America and Canada, in some portions of Europe and of Asia, and along the north of Africa, there is a free use made of green or unfermented teas with pale, pungent infusions.

Of these 17,293 were subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, 17,184 of the United States of America and 20,584 of France.

The German mercantile fleet occupies, in respect of the number of vessels, the fourth placeafter Great Britain, the United States of America and Norway; but in respect of tonnage it stands thirdafter Great Britain and the United States only.

This act had a significance beyond the fact that it established in the United States of America a flourishing church, which, while completely loyal to its own country, is bound by special ties to the religious life of England.

The white pine (Pinus strobus) is exported from the northern parts of the United States of America and from Canada.

The pitch pine (Pinus rigida) is a native of Canada and is common throughout the United States of America.

Apart from this, the chief meaning, the word is used of the malt refuse of brewing and distilling, and of many hard rounded small particles, resembling the seeds of plants, such as "grains" of sand, salt, gold, gunpowder, &c. "Grain" is also the name of the smallest unit of weight, both in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

A commercial treaty was concluded with Japan in 1876, and treaties with the European countries and the United States of America were concluded subsequently.

The independence of the United States of America was acknowledged by Great Britain in the treaty of peace signed at Paris in 1783.

The United States of America more nearly resembles the Swiss confederacy, though retaining marks of its English origin.

The English settlements in Virginia, New England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia had, between the first decade of the 17th and the seventh decade of the 18th century, developed into a new nation, the United States of America.

There are consulates of the chief nations of Europe, of the United States of America and of several Central and South American republics.

Germany and Siam are represented by consuls; Persia, Denmark, and Norway and Sweden by vice-consuls; and Italy and the United States of America by consular agents.

The desirability of a national organization soon became manifest, and in May 1814 thirty-three delegates, representing eleven states, met in Philadelphia and organized the "General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions."

The United States of America receive a large majority of the emigrants, and only a very small percentage returns.

In the disestablished and daughter Churches the election is by the synod of the Church, as in Ireland, or by a diocesan convention, as in the United States of America.

The United States of America was the first great power, in a convention signed on the 22nd of April 1884, to recognize the Association as a properly constituted state.

Colonies exist in Cyprus (with a large convent near Cape Kormakiti), in Alexandria, and in the United States of America.

The movement has spread to all parts of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Jamaica, the United States of America and India.

In the United States of America the Report of the Committee of Ten on secondary school studies (1893) and the Report of the Committee of Fifteen on elementary education (1893-1894), both issued by the United States Bureau of Education, have attracted a good deal of attention.

The translation was frequently reprinted in the United States of America.

National fasts have more than once been observed on special occasions both in this country and in the United States of America.

By his will he bequeathed upwards of £100,000 to the United States of America to found the Smithsonian Institution.

Many of the larger bee-farmers of the United States of America and Canada harvest from 50,000 to 60,000 lb of honey in a single season, and some of them sell the whole crop direct to consumers.

In the United States of America Langstroth's frame and hive are the acknowledged " standards " among the great body of bee-keepers, although about a dozen different frames, Size of varying more or less in size, have their adherents.

It may, therefore, be useful to compare the progress made in the United States of America and in Great Britain in order to show that, while the industry is incomparably larger and of more importance in America and Canada than in Great Britain, British bee-keepers have been abreast of the times in all things apicultural.

This food-stuff reaches Great Britain not only from all butter-exporting countries of the continent of Europe, but in increasing quantities also from Australia, Canada, Argentine, Siberia and the United States of America.

There can be no safe harbor in the United States of America for violence.

The English-speaking colony of the United States of America is always called lavishly hospitable by the English traveler.

The internal revenue service of the United States of America will function as our trusted intermediary.

Here again the political murder of the duc de Berry, on the 14th of January 1820, led to Follen being regarded as a suspect, and he accordingly took refuge in Switzerland, where he taught for a while at the cantonal school at Coire and at the university of Basel; but the Prussian authorities imperatively demanding his surrender, he sought in 1824 the hospitality of the United States of America.

An accord was likewise in 1898 effected with Italy, which since 1886 had been in a state of economic rupture with France, and in July 1899 an accord was concluded with the United States of America.

The largest Jewish populations were those of Russia (5,215,000), Austria-Hungary (2,084,000), United States of America (1,777,000), Germany (607,000, of whom 409,000 were in Prussia), Turkey (463,000, of whom some 78,000 resided in Palestine), Rumania (250,000), Morocco (109,000) and Holland (106,000).

Environmentally friendly, this cool little earring organizer is made from 96 to 100 percent recycled Lexan polycarbonate in the United States of America.

A series of video clips and narratives are shown about the trials of the Civil War and the hardships facing the United States of America.

Household Finance operates more than 500 branch offices located in 39 states throughout the United States of America.

A fun travel game, naming states is a great way to teach him about the United States of America.

The Free Trip website offers no cost route planning to any destination in the United States of America.

Today, the company produces many different styles of watches and has headquarters all over the world, including the United States of America.

The Girl Scouts of the United States of America were formed in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low.

When young girls wear their Daisy Girl Scout uniforms, they proudly show the world they are members of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

American Flag eagle backgrounds on your desktop, web page, MySpace, or any other screen can be a strong reminder of the ideals and accomplishments of the United States of America.

The antithesis of this exists in the United States of America.

It had already been recognized by the United States of America two years previously.

The next transmitter of note was that introduced by Francis Blake, which came into wide use in the United States of America a.nd other countries.

The development of telephony in the United States of America is much greater than anywhere else; on the 1st of January 1907, 5 per cent.

The Anglican catechism with occasional modification, especially in the sacramental section, is used not only in the Church of England but in the Episcopal churches of Ireland, Scotland, the British dominions and the United States of America.

In 1881 Mr Blaine, then U.S. secretary of state, addressed an instruction to the ministers of the United States of America accredited to the various Central and South American nations, directing them to invite the governments of these countries to participate in a congress, to be held at Washington in 1882, " for the purpose of considering and discussing the methods of preventing war between the nations of America."

On the 17th the Committee of Safety took possession of the government building, and issued a proclamation declaring a monarchy to be abrogated, and establishing a provisional government, to exist " until terms of union with the United States of America shall have been negotiated and agreed upon."

In others, as in Great Britain, the United States of America and Belgium, the pope selects one out of a list submitted by the chapter.

The constitution of the United States of America was taken as a model for drawing up that of Brazil, the republic of Paraguay,the most important of which P P and the general terms were as far as possible adhered to (see above, section Government).

In the United States of America the term " milling " or " milled " is applied to the raised edge on the face of the coin; this is known in the British mint as " marking " (see Mint).

The only absolute source for names in the United States of America is the Social Security Administration.

Americana wall hanging is an expansive idiom that refers to decorative artifacts encompassing the culture of the United States of America.

Okay, maybe in his head, Cowell thinks that he's the most powerful man in the world, but really, if the President of the United States of America invites you to dinner, don't you shift around your schedule a bit in order to attend?