Overijssel
Americannoun
noun
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A court in Overijssel, an eastern provence bordering Germany, had said in a statement: “This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2018
The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2016
Hundreds of hectares of floating pastures," says our author, "which have nothing in their appearance to distinguish them from grass-lands resting on solid bog, are found in Overijssel, in North Holland, and near Utrecht.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
In fact, the farm was moving from Overijssel northward, towards Friesland.
From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by Griffis, William Elliot
Hundreds of hectares of floating pastures," says our author, "which have nothing in their appearance to distinguish them from grass lands resting on solid bog, are found in Overijssel, in North Holland and near Utrecht.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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