"crown" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In 1536, Henry VIII decided to re-conquer Ireland and bring it under Crown control so the island would not become a base for future rebellions or foreign invasions of England.
- They're more fiscally conservative than we are, but remember that the centralization would be under Crown control.
- From the moment Hythe came under Crown control, the senior official of the town was also a bailiff appointed by the Crown.
- As noted above, Māori were concerned that the level of redress provided was too low, and that the settlement process was subject to too much Crown control.
- Industrial improvements, the end of Crown control of metal mines, and rising demand for raw materials caused a boom in Cornish mining in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control over India.
- Therefore, it is not surprising that during the Bourbon century of increased Crown control, the tribunal would become a clear tool of regalism, persecuting political reformers and rebels for heresy.
- In an effort to strengthen and solidify Crown control of the colonies in the political and economic realms, i8th-century reformers attacked the temporal authority of the church.
- During this period the dockyard was not under direct Crown control but was leased by private entrepreneurs, the Dutch brothers Henrik and Arendt Hybertsson.
- When the Victoria Cross was created, Indian troops were still controlled by the Honourable East India Company and did not come under Crown control until 1860.
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