"possession" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Remember, our country began as a British possession.
- In the 1860s, the island became a British possession.
- "Compared with other British possessions, the development towards self-government and greater local participation has been rather slow".
- The colony was still the poorest of British possessions.
- In 1765, along with the rest of Bengal, the district became a British possession.
- In 1785 it finally passed into British possession.
- The forts were under British possession about half an hour later.
- India was regarded as the most valuable British imperial possession.
- Penang, a British possession, was established as a pepper port in 1786.
- The islands remained continuously in British possession from then until 1982.
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