"descent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- All qualified applicants of Hawaiian descent were admitted, the schools said, leaving one open slot.
- His mother was of Hawaiian descent.
- While there he conducted a study of heart disease among men of Hawaiian and Japanese descent.
- She did not specify that the schools were to be exclusively for children of Hawaiian descent, but that has been the school's policy in practice.
- More than half the island's population is of Hawaiian descent, the largest percentage anywhere in Hawaii.
- This number does not include people of mixed Chinese and Hawaiian descent.
- His mother, a notary public in a bank, is of Hawaiian and Spanish descent.
- His family background was of British and Hawaiian descent.
- Emilia is of Hawaiian descent and her singing reflects the feel of the islands.
- While the will did not say that schools were to be exclusively for children of Hawaiian descent, that has been the schools' policy in practice.
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