How To Use Cyprus In A Sentence

  • One wonders how Ecevit, with his exaggeration and selective memory, can have an objective and nonaggressive attitude toward a fair solution in Cyprus. Europe's Highs And Lows
  • It was found that certain cliques of countries within the same geographic region, like Greece and Cyprus, are likely to vote similarly.
  • We all know Cyprus is a favourite domicile for businesses controlled by Russian oligarchs. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny; whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Othello, the Moore of Venice
  • They are the Dutch ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, Ireland, Cyprus, Dubai, Mauritius, Bhutan and Iceland.
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  • The road is strait and spacious and kept in excellent repair by the industrious inhabitants, and is generally bordered by tall and spreading trees as the magnolia, liquid amber, liriodendron, catalpa and live oak, and on the verges of the canals where the road was causewayed, stood the cyprus, lacianthus and magnolia, all planted by nature and left standing by the virtuous inhabitants, to shade the road and perfume the sultry air. Agricultural Resources of Georgia. Address Before the Cotton Planters Convention of Georgia at Macon, December 13, 1860
  • Even the moneys of Cyprus were flowing somewhat overfreely into the coffers of the Venetian Provveditori who kept vigilant watch over the island kingdom -- which was, in truth, no longer anything but a Venetian province, except in name. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
  • Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny, whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Act II. Scene I. Othello, the Moor of Venice
  • The Cyprus court acquitted two other British men of all charges. The Sun
  • Among Greeks the word "unionist" is rendered as "enotist" — someone who supports enosis, or union, between Greece and John Bull's other European colony, Cyprus. The Perils of Partition
  • Once the fleet had cleared Cyprus well to the west and out of sight of the island, they heaved into the prevailing southerlies and raced to the coast of Africa.
  • The United States is willing to offer all the help sought by the parties as they work towards a just and lasting settlement that reunifies Cyprus into a bizonal and bicommunal federation. Speech to the Turkish Parliament
  • His new film is similarly tricksy: in the voiceover, it spins a fictional catastrophe that recalls Cyprus' conflicted past over honeyed footage of blue seas, rustic beehives and golden fields that wouldn't look out of place on a posh holiday programme. This week's new exhibitions
  • A move to Cyprus would be in concord with the current realignment of the US presence in Europe, from Germany to eastern Europe, while maintaining the primary focus of military operations on the Middle East.
  • Now mention a trip to Cyprus to a young footballer and immediately certain images are conjured in their minds.
  • A more traditional breakfast is bread with tomatoes, olives, and halloumi, a cheese made only in Cyprus.
  • Throughout the course of his life, there had never been more meat than was necessary on Cyprus' bones.
  • I knew next to nothing about Othello before this, and the single point that jumped out at me, given my peculiar interests, is that apart from the first act the whole thing is set on Cyprus, a place where interethnic fault lines remain sufficiently sharply drawn to keep me in business. Winters Tale follow-up
  • Lord hath appeared to me this night, and hath said to me: Let not ne give none empeshment to Barnabas for to go into Cyprus, for he shall there enlumine many folk and shall suffer there martyrdom. The Golden Legend, vol. 3
  • Cyprus will now launch a campaign featuring stamps and posters of the new national symbols. Times, Sunday Times
  • Marlborough then ploughed out into the stormy Mediterranean and passed the rest of the Task Group, her arrival at the Cyprus training grounds being heralded by a severe electrical storm and waterspouts.
  • Ankara maintains a 30,000 strong military force in northern Cyprus and continues to wield significant influence there.
  • In medieval times, Cyprus was known for its silk bridal chemises and undergarments.
  • Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
  • The 52-year-old musician, born Adonis Michaelides in Nicosia, Cyprus, had co-founded the band with schoolfriends from Catford but after its first demise in 1982, briefly formed Dali's Car with vocalist Peter Murphy, previously with postpunk bank Bauhaus. Former Japan bass player Mick Karn loses battle with cancer
  • Communal feasting practices in Cyprus have a long pedigree, possibly stretching back into the Chalcolithic period, but were certainly established by the prehistoric Bronze Age.
  • The couple are currently on honeymoon in Cyprus and will be returning in a week's time.
  • But if you've been put-off by holidaying in Cyprus by the tabloid tales of beer-swilling thugs, drunken teenagers and late night revelling, think again.
  • The island is home to a number of mammals such as the Cyprus moufflon (Ovis orientalis ophion), which is a rare type of wild sheep found only on the island of Cyprus. Cyprus Mediterranean forests
  • OR spend a fortnight in Cyprus. The Sun
  • Our firm is registered in the Republic of Cyprus.
  • Cyprus: on that side towards the Indies lying Westward is the citie called Columba, which is a hold of the Portugales, but without walles or enimies. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • The beautiful island of Cyprus is a magical place to get married.
  • Considering the Luwian stem tawa-, it makes more sense that it was Latin that borrowed the Etruscan word and that this verb is much older than Etruscan, probably stemming right back to the Proto-Aegean parent which I situate in the Aegean islands, Western Turkey and Cyprus. Archive 2010-06-01
  • Neil also bought Lucy's engagement ring, a diamond solitaire from Deacon's and managed to keep it under wraps until he popped the question in Cyprus.
  • The London-born, Turkish-Cypriot artist has previously aped advertising's slick appeal, from photorealist paintings of his niece picking flowers in Cyprus, to covering his East End neighbourhood with billboard posters bearing his name in a cool, chunky font. This week's new exhibitions
  • Dimitrios Ioannidis, 87, the feared security chief who led a countercoup against Greece's military leaders and provoked Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974, has died. Dimitrios Ioannidis, 87, dies; former Greece security chief led countercoup
  • Each commandery had its vineyard or vineyards: hence the name of the modern dessert wine from Cyprus.
  • His escape sparked a global manhunt before he was caught last year in Cyprus. The Sun
  • Note to all, the French had come to the aid of Lebanon and moved out over 1000 Lebanonese and were working towards moving more to cyprus … … Not to be slow as usual the Us sent in choppers and moved 50 or so this morning … …. Think Progress » Neocons Resurrect Plans For Regional War In The Middle East
  • Cyprus, he added, has a future of 'repossessions, bankruptcies, political and social upheaval'. Times, Sunday Times
  • A popular food is halloumi, the traditional white cheese of Cyprus, which has been produced on the island for centuries.
  • Come back tomorrow when we'll have the women's 200m final which was postponed today as chaos once again engulfed the games as Cyprus's Eleni Artymata appeals against her disqualification. Commonwealth Games day seven - as it happened
  • Switzerland was the primary choice, attracting almost fifty per cent of the business, although Cyprus was becoming increasingly popular. CHAMELEON
  • Despite all the balloons set free by Turkish Cypriot President Talat, and indeed to a certain extent by U.N. secretary-general's special advisor for Cyprus Alexander Downer, that there has been some very important convergences in the positions of the two sides in the talks on governance and power sharing, in reality as was demonstrated with the "uproar" in Greek Cypriot politics and media as regards the visit of the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Hurriyet Dailynews
  • Turkey and Greece have long been feuding over the island of Cyprus.
  • The Arboretum contains trees from all over the world, including date palms, camphor trees from Japan, Mexican Cyprus, and wellingtonia from California.
  • For my last dive in North Cyprus I abandoned scuba gear to snorkel in shallow water without disturbing the feeding green turtles.
  • While the meeting his Cypriot counterpart Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, Yang said bilateral relations have been developing well and Cyprus is China's reliable friend and partner.
  • Finallie, hearing that the king of Cypres was inclosed in an abbie called Cap S. Andrew, he marched thitherwards: [S.denote: The king of Cyprus again submitteth himselfe to the king of England.] but when the king of Cypres heard of his approch, he came foorth and submitted himselfe wholie into his hands. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First
  • As the child of a British Army officer, Jenny's childhood was peripatetic and the countries in which she grew up included Germany, Singapore and Cyprus.
  • Cyprus has sought to establish itself as an offshore banking centre. Times, Sunday Times
  • SecGen Kofi Annan (father of Kojo) goes from one high-faluting statement to another, while his “hand-picked” head of the programme, Benon Sevan (he of the useful aunt) has retired to Cyprus on a full pension. Claudia Rosett says it as it is
  • This species is strongly dichromatic, meaning that the males and females have distinctive plumage colours and patterns -- a characteristic that distinguishes it from the monochromatic Cyprus pied wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, with which it was formerly considered to be conspecific. Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
  • Emperor and the Senate, states that the Senate sent consuls to the two provinces of Asia and Africa but prætors to the rest on their list, -- among which he mentions Cyprus; and they jumped at the conclusion -- very natural in itself -- that the governor of Cyprus would be called a proprætor. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
  • We all know Cyprus is a favourite domicile for businesses controlled by Russian oligarchs. Times, Sunday Times
  • They were offered first one infantry battalion, the one based on Cyprus, and then another.
  • The coup collapsed when the Turk military garrison in Cyprus was reinforced by troops from mainland Turkey.
  • To the south-east lay Cyprus and Egypt; to the north, the Dardanelles and the Black Sea; westwards the mainland of Greece and the island of Crete.
  • During the second week of their holiday a Helios plane, flying out of Cyprus, crashed due to what was reported to be because of a lack of oxygen in the cabin due to decompression.
  • What honourable love and respect I found in the company of those Gentlemen and their Wives, during our voyage backe to Cyprus, the historie would be overtedious in reporting, neither is it much materiall to our purpose, because your demaund is to another end. The Decameron
  • Of the three hot, rough rallies in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, this is the best from a drivers' view.
  • While making clear that he intends to negotiate a Cyprus resolution on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, he should hold firm on not opening the ports. Cyprus Sabotage
  • The island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean, was divided in1974 when Turkish troops invaded to stop Greek military plans for enosis ( union) with Greece.
  • The review amused me by hitting on the right meaning there, and besides by its percipiency about your remembering me during your travels in the East, and sending me home the Cyprus wine. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday.
  • His fluency with languages was noted, being able to speak English and French as well as his native German, and after two months he was given the option to join a UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus.
  • Catherine Seyton presently exclaimed, “They were bearing the dishes across the court, marshalled by the Lady Lochleven herself, dressed out in her highest and stiffest ruff, with her partlet and sleeves of cyprus, and her huge old-fashioned farthingale of crimson velvet.” The Abbot
  • What may be the world's oldest known perfumery, set atop a Cyprus hillside, was excavated by a team of archaeologists this last March.
  • Originally from Bingley, he has returned to the town where his family still live after living across the world including in Hong Kong, Cyprus, Chicago, Boston and latterly Spain.
  • At the start, Amis announces certain 'general principles' to be followed in creating drinks, all of which can be derived, by natural drinkers 'logic, from the first of them, which holds that' up to a point [i.e. short of offering your guests one of those Balkan plonks marketed as wine, Cyprus sherry, poteen and the like], go for quantity rather than quality '. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
  • He recognised the flashes on the uniform of the young soldier standing beside him. They indicated service in Cyprus.
  • Despite signing the protocol, the Turkish government is refusing to open up its ports and airports for travel to and from Cyprus.
  • NICOSIA, Cyprus — A British journalist offered a $100 reward Wednesday for the safe return of Coco, the whistling parrot of the foreign press corps who was abducted by gunmen from a west Beirut hotel in last week's fighting. Archive 2009-08-01
  • Calvin shrugs and heads on to New Cyprus, a town in a bend of the Colorado River. REVIEW: The Knights of the Cornerstone by James P. Blaylock
  • Cyprus applied yesterday to become the fourteenth country to adopt the euro. Times, Sunday Times
  • I from her may obtain an oracle how I shall steer a favourable course to the sea-girt shores of Cyprus; for there Apollo hath declared my home shall be, giving to it the name of Salamis, my island home, in honour of that fatherland across the main. Helen
  • The principal market for Cyprus fortified wine is the United Kingdom.
  • They have also been part of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Cyprus and, more recently, Bosnia.
  • This is where divers from Cyprus come to see big fish - if you are lucky you will see tuna shoaling.
  • As the British people are made ever more aware of the impotence of our Parliament and Government to produce solutions appropriate to them (and desired by them) rather than to the goat farmers of Cyprus, because of the extent to which it has handed power over, lock, stock and barrel to the EU, then will come a time of growing disaffection from the European racket. Legitimacy Is The Treaty's Achilles Heel
  • The Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus said it would not bury people taking their own lives, declaring suicides "the greatest sin.
  • Although not actually showing the birth of Venus it shows her landing on the island of Cyprus, having been blown there by the west wind on a shell, waiting to meet her and cover her nakedness is one of her handmaidens.
  • Andreas S. Kakouris Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United S.ates Washington Messrs. Abramowitz and Barkey blame the Cypriot president and his alleged intransigence for the nonsolution in Cyprus. Turkey's Occupation Is the Cyprus Problem
  • The entire space was paneled in pecky cyprus wood. In the Mood for In-Between Spaces
  • The latest round of UN-mediated talks aimed at reunifying the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus have failed to achieve the hoped for breakthrough. Greek-Turkish Cypriot Leaders Conclude 'Spirited' Talks
  • They are chilling out in Cyprus and will get back sometime this week once they've taken their fill of brandy sours.
  • The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain.
  • I understand it has been a long and arduous settlement process for Cyprus; however, my contention is that we should not forgo the position of a bicommunal bizonal federation with a single sovereignty that enjoys international support. Thomas J. Miller: Cyprus Should Be Reunited as One Country
  • Local dishes are delicious, particularly the meze, a specialty of Cyprus that consists of a large number of cold and hot hors d' oeuvres such as salads, meats, vegetables, and fish dishes.
  • In Syria and Palestine she is known as Astarte, whereas in Cyprus she acquires all the attributes of the goddess of love, Aphrodite. ... Aphrodite in New York
  • And a retired couple who buy a villa in Cyprus get a nasty shock. The Sun
  • Pygmalion is the ancient Greek myth of the King of Cyprus, he felt that the shortcomings of many women, it was hate women, decided to never marry.
  • Pinned to her clothes – striped Eastern things, and that kind of crinkled silk stuff they weave in Crete and Cyprus – was a piece of parchment, a scapular we thought at first, but which was found to contain only the name Διονεα – Dionea, as they pronounce it here. Archive 2009-11-01
  • Cyprus will now launch a campaign featuring stamps and posters of the new national symbols. Times, Sunday Times
  • Among Greeks the word "unionist" is rendered as "enotist" — someone who supports enosis, or union, between Greece and John Bull's other European colony, Cyprus. The Perils of Partition
  • VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI told reporters en route to Cyprus on Friday (June 4) that the murder of an Italian-born bishop in Turkey would not "darken" Catholic dialogue with Muslims. Pope Says Bishop's Murder Won't 'Darken' Dialogue With Muslims
  • But the majority of Cyprus fortified wine is sweet, less distinguished wine, matured for a year in casks stored outside.
  • Pinned to her clothes -- striped Eastern things, and that kind of crinkled silk stuff they weave in Crete and Cyprus -- was a piece of parchment, a scapular we thought at first, but which was found to contain only the name _Dionea_ -- Dionea, as they pronounce it here. Hauntings
  • Don't tell me, I said, the animals are downstairs supping Cyprus wine out of a jewelled goblet. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • One distinguished exponent is Van Morrison, whose Astral Weeks album detailed his meanderings through Cyprus Avenue, a tree-lined road near his childhood home in east Belfast.
  • the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus
  • He served with the Regiment's 1st Battalion in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Germany and was the battalion's commanding officer from 1989 to 1991.
  • Whilst belaying you can look across a sweeping valley covered by vineyards and broken up by lines of cyprus trees.
  • The Republic of Cyprus is a democracy with a presidential system of government.
  • Later we walk down into town, along avenues lined with cypress trees and Cyprus oranges.
  • Don't tell me, I said, the animals are downstairs supping Cyprus wine out of a jewelled goblet. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • The REVA L-ion (classified as a quadricycle under UK and European law) and fast charge stations will be available to pre-order from REVA distributors in Norway, UK, France, Cyprus, Green Car Congress
  • Cyprus applied yesterday to become the fourteenth country to adopt the euro. Times, Sunday Times
  • Switzerland was the primary choice, attracting almost fifty per cent of the business, although Cyprus was becoming increasingly popular. CHAMELEON
  • A magneto blew up at 9,000 ft over the sea between Cyprus and Jordan, a moment that she describes as ‘heartstopping.’
  • Turkish troops seized the northern part of Cyprus in 1974 in response to an Athens-engineered military coup aimed at enosis.
  • The beautiful island of Cyprus is a magical place to get married.
  • Baldekin was an exceedingly rich silk, originally made at Constantinople: it was now manufactured in England also, but the "oversea" article was the more valuable, the baldekin of Cyprus holding first rank. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
  • It was MC'd by a DJ from a disco called ‘Carwash’ in Cyprus, but contained plenty of traditional Egyptian entertainment.
  • Cyprus applied yesterday to become the fourteenth country to adopt the euro. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cyprus's Greek community has long desired enosis, political union of Cyprus with Greece, for a long time.
  • Ankara would not pull out unless the Turkish Cypriots got a federated state in a new bizonal Cyprus. Settling Cyprus
  • Although Irish Ferries will be allowed to register its vessels in Cyprus, it has committed to a binding agreement under Irish law to maintain the above standards for three years.
  • With a large British community living in Cyprus the hospitable islanders are well used to British ways.
  • If she won the £100,000 prize for the Miss World competition she would move with her three older brothers and parents to Cyprus where the family often go on holiday.
  • Addressing Benedict, the head of Cyprus 'Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said that "Turkey has barbarously invaded and conquered by force of arms 37 percent of our homeland. Pope On 3-Day Visit To Cyprus
  • Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday.
  • We have been going out for two and a half years and, if all goes well, we plan to go to Cyprus in two years' time to get married.
  • He said the Canadian province of New Brunswick, California, South Australia and Cyprus had already introduced such legislation successfully.
  • Cyprus applied yesterday to become the fourteenth country to adopt the euro. Times, Sunday Times
  • They filled the parade square of Howe Barracks as the soldiers arrived by coach from nearby Manston Airport where they had touched down a couple of hours earlier after flying from Kuwait via Cyprus.
  • Ankara doesn't recognize Cyprus's government and said the energy exploration undercuts prospects for a United Nations-backed process aimed at reunifying the island. U.S. Ties to Turkey Face New Strains
  • His younger brother-whom the Alexandrians have decided to call Ptolemy the Cyprian-was sent to be regent of Cyprus. Fortune's Favorites
  • One distinguished exponent is Van Morrison, whose Astral Weeks album detailed his meanderings through Cyprus Avenue, a tree-lined road near his childhood home in east Belfast.
  • Candie and Cyprus come thither to lade the same, and it is greatly esteemed, especially of the Candiots, who hauing great abundance of wine aduenture abroad to seeke meate fitte for the taste of the sayd wine. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • The competition was played over three days on two of the best golf courses in Cyprus.
  • Venetian glasses were filled from flasks and jugs; I heard the guests praising the wines of Furstenberg and Bacharach, of Malvoisie and Cyprus, and I marked the effects of the noble and potent grape-juice, nay, now and then I played the part of "warder" to Uncle Christian; yet meseemed that it was only by another's will or ancient habit that I raised a warning finger. Margery — Volume 05
  • Moody's cites what it calls the fiscal and economic conditions caused by the damaged power plant along with Cyprus' fractious political climate. Cyprus Cabinet Resigns Amid Public Outcry
  • It was not arkosic sandstone from southern Israel or Jordan but low-grade metamorphic greywacke of a type found commonly in western Cyprus and areas still further west, but not in the Levant south of northern Syria. Gold Dust and James Bond
  • Eventually a compromise was agreed on, with a church wedding in Cyprus.
  • Another part of the ‘real’ Cyprus is the Akamas peninsula, a protected wildlife park in the west of the island.
  • Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded the north of the island in the wake of an abortive coup attempt by Greek Cypriot nationalists, aimed at uniting the island with Greece.
  • In an effort to protect her flock, Sandrow planted a wide variety of feather-like foliage, ostrich ferns, corkscrew grass, tall flowering balls of purple allium and bristling shrubs of juniper and cyprus that camouflage the birds' exotic plumage thereby protecting them from the hawks circling above. Gabrielle Selz: The Egg, Inside and Out
  • Zmyrna to far Satrachus, to the stream of Cyprus, ascendeth; Poems and Fragments
  • Switzerland was the primary choice, attracting almost fifty per cent of the business, although Cyprus was becoming increasingly popular. CHAMELEON
  • In May 1963, as a 23-year-old wife of a serving RAF policeman, I accompanied my husband on an overseas posting to Cyprus.
  • Maps and photographs display the extraordinary popularity and spread of Greek theatre, from Sicily to Crete to Turkey and Cyprus: At least 80 theatre sites are identified, several of them still standing and in use — notably the theater of Epidaurus, in which Greek plays are still performed every summer. The Venerable Brought to Vivid Life
  • After Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey, the long tour of Mediterranean gravel rallies that kicked off at the beginning of April will end over the sun-baked tracks of central Greece.
  • Cyprus has imported the Palomino vine because of its dependence on producing inexpensive copies of sherry.
  • His escape sparked a global manhunt before he was caught last year in Cyprus. The Sun
  • Cyprus has been intensively fished for many years and scuba spearfishing remains popular.
  • There was a female redstart, a couple of Rüppell's warblers, northern, Cyprus and black-eared wheatears, three woodchat shrikes, chiffchaff, and a tawny pipit.
  • My very dear Friend, -- I have been intending every day to write to tell you that the Cyprus wine is as nectareous as possible, so fit for the gods, in fact, that I have been forced to leave it off as unfit for The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • Already a blast of heat was rising over the land and the rasping cries of the cicala fretted their talk; and Caterina bade him follow her down into the _voto_ -- the vast, cool, underground chambers which, for the patricians of Cyprus, made life possible during this heated term, between the freshness of the morning and the comfort of the evening shadows. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
  • The exiled militants were flown by British military transport to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus were they were put up at a seaside hotel under police guard.
  • The last scene in Mr. Cowley's drama is the Gulf of Lepanto, where from dawn to dusk on Oct. 7, 1571, just a year after the atrocity in Cyprus, was fought the last naval battle in history in which oared galleys, ramming each other head-on, played the major role. When Worlds Collide
  • In the previous millennium black warriors and captives had occasionally appeared in the art of Egypt, Crete, and Cyprus ” their precise racial origins are a matter of debate among scholars still attuned to dolichocephalous and mesaticephalous physical types. Out of the Shadows
  • Just as important is a lasting settlement to the conflict in Cyprus, which remains at an impasse. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cyprus's southern extremity is just 200 kilometres from the Suez Canal.
  • Catherine Seyton presently exclaimed, “They were bearing the dishes across the court, marshalled by the Lady Lochleven herself, dressed out in her highest and stiffest ruff, with her partlet and sleeves of cyprus, and her huge old-fashioned farthingale of crimson velvet.” The Abbot
  • They typically served to monitor ceasefires and supervise truces; occasionally, peacekeeping missions were deployed to keep belligerents apart as in Cyprus in 1964.
  • Syr, replyed Thorello, I could heartily wish, that this Countrey of ours would yeeld such Gentlemen, as your Cyprus affordeth The Decameron
  • Following a long and arduous journey which took him through Syria, Cyprus and Turkey, he made it to Britain.
  • Cyprus has also threatened to veto Turkey's application over its refusal to recognise the Greek Cypriot government.
  • Mrs. Gussie lived in Japan, Italy and Cyprus with her husband, an Army officer, and studied ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, in Tokyo. Obituaries: Warnetta Gussie; Joan Doherty Harper; Edmond N. Howar; Polly Krieger
  • Cyprus applied yesterday to become the fourteenth country to adopt the euro. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cyprus entered the European Union still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north The 2005 CIA World Factbook
  • And there in a fine order and appointed distance was a waye set on either sides with Cyprus Trees, with their corner clefted Apples, and as thicke with leaues as their nature will suffer them, the leauell grounde beeyng couered all ouer, with greene Vinca Peruima, or Lawreoll and Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
  • In Cyprus, he photographed housewives hanging up their washing yards from an unexploded shell. Times, Sunday Times
  • At one time, carob beans were a major export for Cyprus, sold all over the world as a substitute for chocolate.
  • The two separate leaders have an opportunity, through their commitment to negotiations under the United Nations good offices mission and the United States is willing to offer all the help sought by the parties as they work towards a just and lasting settlement that reunifies Cyprus into a bizonal and bicommunal federation. CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009
  • Hadjigeorgiou, M. and Papapavlou, A. (2005) Approaches to multiculturalism: How responsive is the educational system of Cyprus to new challenges? Reading Development in Two Different Contexts:the Case of the English-greek Bilingual Children in UK and in Cyprus « Articles « Literacy News
  • And I tasted gyros in Cyprus, kimchi in Pyongyang, and injera in Addis Ababa.
  • Kuper said the activists did not seek to stir controversy by leaving from north Cyprus, but that "practicalities" necessitated the choice. Jewish Activists Attempting To Breach Israel's Gaza Blockade
  • To the south-east lay Cyprus and Egypt; to the north, the Dardanelles and the Black Sea; westwards the mainland of Greece and the island of Crete.
  • September 14, 2011: Turkey is threatening to send naval forces into seas around Cyprus in order to monitor Greek Cypriot and Israeli off-shore natural gas projects.
  • Their portfolio of original and creative ideas can include anything from an afternoon experiencing village life - sipping coffee and playing backgammon, or baking home-made olive pies and 'halloumi' bread - to a day following in the footsteps of Aphrodite, the legendary goddess of love and beauty and protectress of Cyprus, from the place where she rose from the waves, to breathtaking sites where she was worshipped. TravelDailyNews.com
  • One year as she'd stepped off the plane to Cyprus, a whole flock of people had gathered around her.
  • The goddess Aphrodite was closely related to Cyprus; the mandrake was a magical plant there; and the cowry is so intimately associated with the island as to be called _Cypræa_. The Evolution of the Dragon
  • Both sides in Cyprus are fairly self-sufficient in terms of food production and both export a variety of fruit and vegetables.
  • In the previous millennium black warriors and captives had occasionally appeared in the art of Egypt, Crete, and Cyprus ” their precise racial origins are a matter of debate among scholars still attuned to dolichocephalous and mesaticephalous physical types. Out of the Shadows
  • Cyprus apart, the main issue is Europe's own economic travail. Disgracefully, Turkey's EU accession bid is going nowhere soon
  • In medieval times, Cyprus was known for its silk bridal chemises and undergarments.
  • Nicosia: Cyprus Agricultural Research Institute, 50 pp. CHATTERJEE, A. and GANGULY, M. (1968) Alkaloidal constituents of Peganum harmala and synthesis of the minor alkaloid deoxyvascinone. Chapter 5
  • Yesterday James arrived at court with his mother, Janette, 49, uncle, Rhys Williams, 40, and John Duncan, a padre at the British Army base in Cyprus.
  • Descended from a wild sheep called the mouflon, it quickly spread westward to Cyprus, Rhodes and Western Europe. A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb
  • And I tasted gyros in Cyprus, kimchi in Pyongyang, and injera in Addis Ababa.
  • They expressed «strong regret» that Cyprus had not been unified before accession; noted that they were «determined to put an end to the isolation of the Turkish-Cypriot community» who had «expressed their clear desire for a future within the EU» - and said this to send a «signal of encouragement» to Turkish Cypriots. Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 26/3/10
  • In recent weeks, the flights have been stopping at Larnaca in Cyprus where BA is basing its crews operating to the Middle East.
  • Of the 12 original Barcelona partners, Cyprus and Malta are inside the EU and Turkey is in the waiting room, but the rest have zero chance of joining.
  • Britons now eat more halloumi cheese than anywhere outside its native Cyprus. Times, Sunday Times
  • The leaders of North and South Cyprus are currently engaged in U.N.-led negotiations with an aim to reunify the island, but talks have stalled over such issues as power-sharing and the thousands of Turkish troops stationed in northern Cyprus. North Cyprus Demonstrators Direct Anger at Turkey's Austerity Measures
  • Cyprushostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous entities, the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot community (north Cyprus); the 1,000-strong UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has served in Cyprus since 1964 and maintains the buffer zone between north and south; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the European Union still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north Disputes-international
  • Moody's cited what it calls the fiscal and economic conditions caused by a damaged power plant along with Cyprus' fractious political climate. Cyprus President Appoints Cabinet
  • Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday.
  • UN-brokered Annan Plan that would have ended the 30-year division of the island by establishing a new "United Cyprus Republic," a majority of Greek Cypriots voted "no"; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the European Union still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north The 2007 CIA World Factbook
  • The quarry worker told her he had kicked the habit and they went to Cyprus. The Sun
  • Sir, he is rash, and very sudden in choler, and haply with his truncheon may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny, whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Othello
  • Nicosia continues to oppose EU efforts to establish direct trade and economic links to north Cyprus as a way of encouraging the Turkish Cypriot community to continue to support reunification.
  • The beautiful island of Cyprus is a magical place to get married.
  • Two of the ships were wrecked off Cyprus, but the ship bearing the Queen and Berengaria made it safely to Limassol.
  • This species is strongly dichromatic, meaning that the males and females have distinctive plumage colours and patterns -- a characteristic that distinguishes it from the monochromatic Cyprus pied wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, with which it was formerly considered to be conspecific. Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
  • Cyprus, as you know, is an island in the Mediterranean.
  • Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday.

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