mandated territory

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Any Prime Minister gratuitously offering to return this mandated territory to Germany would swiftly, surely be voted out of office.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had been defeated by air power and sea power, but they were still in physical possession of 2.500,000 or more square miles of Allied and mandated territory.

From Time Magazine Archive

The usual sullen calm lay last week over the Biblical lands of Gilead, Moab and Ammon where King David once fought Absalom and where the British Crown now rules the mandated territory of Transjordan.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the week some excitement was caused by the movement of a Turkish force across part of the French mandated territory and into the Mosul region.

From Time Magazine Archive

As early as 1947, a special “Palestine Committee” of the United Nations solicited the views of the Guardian on the future of that mandated territory.

From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community