France shipped boatloads of demoiselles bien choisies, or filles du roi, to raise the numbers and help settle New France. |
In the summer of 1999, four boatloads of illegal migrants were apprehended off the coast of British Columbia. |
Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain are among the countries struggling to cope with boatloads of would-be immigrants. |
We suffer hyperthermia in the Sahara if we don't have shelter from the heat, and hypothermia in the Arctic if we don't have boatloads of clothing and caravans of food. |
Back in the day, at the very least the netroots could arrange for boatloads of cash for favored candidates. |
Likewise, the arrival of the four boatloads of Chinese migrants on the West Coast in 1999 added great urgency to the debate already underway about the need for major reform of the Immigration Act. |