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Sentence Examples Our tour of Corsica ends at Bastia, which has several shipwrecks and a number of aircraft wrecks. On the way home between Sardinia and Corsica the boat is becalmed and Newman writes a poem. The nuraghi of Sardinia are very similar in form and date to the torri of Corsica and the talayots of the Balearic Islands. In Corsica it's difficult to decide whether it's the coastline or the interior which casts the strongest spell. There is an air of chic relaxation in the classic linen, crisp poplin and delicate voiles shot against the rocks and pinewoods of Corsica. It's warm to hot in the south and Corsica, but the mistral can blow fiercely in summer making Mediterranean seas too rough for diving. In the heart of the Corsica Cape is a fairytale-like landscape surrounded by vines and the Mediterranean. But now, like its near neighbour Corsica, the Sardinians have realised that what is good for the stars should also be shared with the rest of us mere mortals! Add jewel mint of Corsica or creeping thyme between a path's stepping stones, and, if you have room, put a lemon or orange tree or a mock orange beside the path. He loves Corsica which is a long block of mountains from one end of the island to the other and where the air is perfumed with the scent of pines and wild cyclamen. Corsica rises like a mountain from the sea, creating a coast of steep cliffs and countless creeks, interspersed with tiny deserted beaches, and washed by crystal-clear water. Nelson returned to Corsica on 30 November, angry and depressed at the British failure and questioning his future in the navy. Also pagans in Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica were the subject of letters to officials, urging their conversion. On the island of Corsica, menhirs are found in Filitosa, a megalithic site in southern Corsica. The period of occupation spans from the end of the Neolithic era and the beginning of the Bronze Age, until around the Roman times in Corsica. My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world. The defeat of Pisa, which never fully recovered as a maritime competitor, resulted in gain of control of the commerce of Corsica by Genoa. In France, breeding populations have decreased in the northeast, but seem to be stable in southwest and central France and Corsica. The European polecat is present in all of France's territories, excepting Corsica, and has been in a state of decline for several decades. It is located in the Western Mediterranean, to the immediate south of the French island of Corsica. Show More Sentences The Strait of Bonifacio is directly north of Sardinia and separates Sardinia from the French island of Corsica. Herds of rare wild mouflon sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, are shrinking on their native Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Corsica, and Cyprus. Pauline was born in Corsica in 1780 with an itch to scratch. He was born Napoleone di Buonaparte in Corsica to a relatively modest family from the minor nobility. The Corsican Buonapartes were descended from minor Italian nobility of Tuscan origin, who had come to Corsica from Liguria in the 16th century. In 2005 the population of Corsica was settled in approximately 360 communities. He was a supporter of the republican Jacobin movement, organising clubs in Corsica, and was given command over a battalion of volunteers. He also took part in an expedition to take back Corsica from the British, but the French were repulsed by the British Royal Navy. Nelson put to sea in pursuit of a French frigate, but on failing to catch her, sailed for Leghorn, and then to Corsica. Nelson's mission to Corsica took on added significance, as it could provide the British a naval base close to the French coast. On 8 March, news reached Hotham that the French fleet was at sea and heading for Corsica. Defeated at sea, the French abandoned their plan to invade Corsica and returned to port. In 1814, near the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Corsica was briefly occupied again by British troops. Between 1821 and 1852, no fewer than 4,300 murders were perpetrated in Corsica. Thanks to all these factors by around 1870 Corsica had landed in the French cultural world. Under Benito Mussolini annexation of Corsica had become one of the main goals of Italy's imperialist policy. Corsica was formed about 250 million years ago with the uplift of a granite backbone on the western side. For example, the subspecies of hooded crow, Corvus cornix ssp cornix occurs in Corsica, but no further south. Italian was the official language of Corsica until the 9th of May of 1859, when it was replaced by French. Corsica produces gourmet cheese, wine, sausages, and honey for sale in mainland France and for export. Show More Sentences In 2000, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin agreed to grant increased autonomy to Corsica. In addition, legislation granting Corsica a greater degree of autonomy was passed. Metropolitan France includes various coastal islands, of which the largest is Corsica. Those regions are islands or remote regions, for instance four overseas French regions and Corsica. To the west the coasts of Illyria, Sicily and Southern Italy were settled, followed by Southern France, Corsica, and even northeastern Spain. In 456 a Vandal fleet of 60 ships threatening both Gaul and Italy was ambushed and defeated in Corsica by the Western Roman general Ricimer. One of Pompeius' naval commanders betrayed him and handed over Corsica and Sardinia to Octavian. Charlemagne conquered Corsica and Sardinia at an unknown date and in 799 the Balearic Islands. They were also settled in Corsica and in the Provence region along the southern coast of modern France. In Corsica, vendetta was a social code that required Corsicans to kill anyone who wronged the family honor. Between 1821 and 1852, no less than 4,300 murders were perpetrated in Corsica. For brief periods the Crown of Aragon also controlled Montpellier, Provence, Corsica, and the twin Duchy of Athens and Neopatras in Latin Greece. In 1016 an alliance of Pisa and Genoa defeated the Saracens, conquered Corsica and gained control of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Pisan archbishop was granted primacy over Sardinia, in addition to Corsica. Hundreds of non Spanish families, mainly from Corsica, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Scotland, also immigrated to the island. In 1555, Turgut Reis sailed to Corsica and ransacked Bastia, taking 6000 prisoners. This system prevails from Corsica eastward to the valley of the Tiber River, the last rift valley in that direction. That shows that you can kill with total impunity in Corsica. Rousseau saw himself in that role and actually offered his assistance in revolutionary lawgiving to Poland and Corsica. Well then, I'm sure that you're well aware of the sweet Corsica with a luggage rack on the trunk. Show More Sentences Found in Corsica, Sardinia and Cyprus, the mouflon is a wild type of which animal? World champion Sebastien Loeb blitzed the opposition on home turf to take an early stranglehold on the Tour of Corsica. For example, the subspecies of hooded crow, Corvus cornix ssp cornix occurs in Sardinia and Corsica, but no further south. The origin of the name Corsica is subject to much debate and remains a mystery. Following the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, Pasquale Paoli was able to return to Corsica from exile in Britain. In 1794, he invited British forces under Lord Hood to intervene to free Corsica from French rule. It also shares a further 10 endemic subspecies of bird with Corsica. The Mark Johnston-trained Corsica predictably set a generous gallop in his role as pacemaker to Rewilding, with Ted Spread and Total Command second and third a mile from home. There was also some evidence for limited Greek influence in Corsica. Corsica has been occupied continuously since the Mesolithic era. He was wounded several times in combat, losing most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the sight in one eye in Corsica. Corsica contains the GR20, one of Europe's most notable hiking trails. In 1282 Pisa tried to gain control of the commerce and administration of Corsica, after being called for support by the judge Sinucello who revolted against Genoa. He served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, and took nearly two years' leave in Corsica and Paris during this period. Genoa lost Sardinia to Aragon, Corsica to internal revolt and its Middle Eastern, Eastern European and Asia Minor colonies to the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The alliance with Pisa allowed the liberation of the western sector of the Mediterranean from Saracen pirates, with the reconquest of Corsica, the Balearics and Provence. Among reptiles worthy of note are Bedriaga's rock lizard, the Tyrrhenian wall lizard and Fitzinger's algyroides, endemic species of Sardinia and Corsica. After the Italian armistice in September 1943, Italian and Free French Forces pushed the Germans out of the island, making Corsica the first French Department to be freed. On 21 April 1092 the Pope elevated the archdiocese of Pisa to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese and placed the bishops of Corsica under its authority. In some cases Corsica is a delimited part of the species range. Show More Sentences The Republic of Genoa extended over modern Liguria and Piedmont, Sardinia, Corsica, Nice and had practically complete control of the Tyrrhenian Sea. After the proliferation of humans in the Mesolithic, these began to disappear, partly from extinction of the species, and partly from eradication only in Corsica. Nelson helped oversee the withdrawal from Corsica, and by December 1796 was aboard the frigate HMS Minerve, covering the evacuation of the garrison at Elba. Settlers from outside Spain also arrived in the islands, including from Corsica, France, Lebanon, China, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Italy. Nelson hurried there to oversee the evacuation of British nationals and transported them to Corsica, after which Jervis ordered him to blockade the newly captured French port. On December 17, 2015, Jean Guy Talamoni was elected President of the Assembly of Corsica and Gilles Simeoni was elected Executive President of the Council of the Region. Goalkeeper Alexander Vencel is with Strasbourg, top midfielder Peter Dubovski plays for Real Oviedad and Ivan Maravcik has to get to Belfast from Bastia in Corsica. An unusual case of hematuria in a French family returning from Corsica. On his arrival, Nelson was given command of a small squadron consisting of Agamemnon, three frigates and a sloop, and ordered to blockade the French garrison on Corsica. These include Malta, Crete, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands. In 1555 Turgut Reis sacked Bastia, Corsica, taking 6,000 prisoners. He fought in several minor engagements off Toulon and was important in the capture of Corsica and subsequent diplomatic duties with the Italian states. By 439 they established a kingdom which included the Roman province of Africa as well as Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta and the Balearic Islands. Runner-up Midas Touch ran a stout race for the Ballydoyle team, but was no match for the winner, while the gallant Corsica was another nose adrift. Cairns are also common on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. There he confirmed his father's grants of land, with some later chronicles falsely claiming that he also expanded them, granting Tuscany, Emilia, Venice and Corsica. Examples from Classical Literature It was he who had planned the conquest of Corsica, and annexed it to France. The Apennines had not been seen for years, but Corsica was liable to appear at any time. The only wild sheep of Europe is the mouflon, found in the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia. From the summit of this great height one may see, on a clear day, Corsica and the Alps of Savoie. And have you not lately aided privately and sneakingly my Rebel Subjects in Corsica? Joseph gave up his endeavors, and returned to Corsica to help his mother. The value of Piombo's property in Corsica, if sold, would scarcely maintain him honorably in Paris. For when Napoleon Bonaparte was a boy, there was much trouble in Corsica. The Bank sent a governor to Corsica yearly, who resided in Bastia. The cork oak is grown extensively in the south and in Corsica. You English are more fair, and England is the friend of Corsica. The first patient was a child from Germany who had traveled to southern Corsica in August 2013 and had no other known exposures. These disputes, originating at Toulon, grew apace in Corsica. Yet nowadays Corsica has greatly changed from what it was in Paoli's time. With Giudice fell the last remains of pisan ascendency in Corsica. He registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. He spoke Catalonian, the Italian of Corsica and the French of Provence with the same easy naturalness. Monsieur's resemblance to a person we knew in Corsica, Nina Porta, is really surprising. Dad Alfonso came to Scotland from Italy, and one of his ancestors, Giovanni Buonaparte, founded the Bonaparte family after settling on Napoleon's home island of Corsica. The Corsica Gold Lariat Necklace represents the metaphysical properties of illumination, prosperity, and passion, a natural trifecta for the stars. Show More Sentences In fact, the pursuing vessel had almost overtaken them when, fortunately, night came on, and enabled them to double the Cape of Corsica, and so elude all further pursuit. Far away on the island of Corsica, desi boy meets desi girl. Lady Eclair has a pretty similar profile to Corsica in that she has been on the go a very long time but there seems to be no sign of her progression stopping. Find more words! 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