Example sentences for: borneo

How can you use “borneo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Early successes in the Philippines, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies enabled Japan to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

  • As a counterweight to the Singapore Chinese, he would bring in the North Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, granting them special privileges for their indigenous populations and funds for the development of their backward economies.

  • In the 19th century, Borneo remained relatively undeveloped.

  • The British, under the private auspices of the East India Company (EIC), were beginning to poke their noses into North Borneo.

  • Petroleum had been found in northern Borneo, at Miri, and in Brunei, and the Anglo-Dutch Shell company used Singapore as its regional depot for its oil supplies and exports.


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