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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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military
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Henry wanted nothing less than military conquest .
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First Campaigns Among the many achievements of Charles, the most obvious is the extent of his military conquests .
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In terms of military conquest , a considerable difference existed between the conditions encountered in the north and the south of Siberia.
norman
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Aksum had outlasted Jerusalem and Rome, going down in ruin only eighty years before the Norman conquest of Britain.
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The situation grew dramatic with the Norman conquest of Sicily.
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The parish boundaries were often indistinct until after the Norman conquest , but there may have been 150 of these by 1066.
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His final resting place alongside 19 generations of his family dating back before the Norman conquest .
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It arose as a consequence of the Norman conquest and settlement of the Vale of Glamorgan in the early twelfth century.
roman
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Like Polybius, we repeat, he did not question the Roman conquests as such.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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military conquests
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The palace was built in Cordoba, Spain, following the Arab conquest .
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The Roman legions left, opening the way for the conquest of the British Isles by the Germanic tribes.
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These men seek power through sexual conquests.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cis was also his first conquest .
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He went downstairs, finished his column, then shaved and bathed and went out to the office ripe for conquest .
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His conquests transformed the ancient world and ushered in the Hellenistic age of great monarchies.
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History is the story of conquest .
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In this first phase of conquest , the Arabs created an Empire and a State, but not yet a civilization.
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It arose from the recent conquest of the northern coastal area as far as Anglesey by his friend Hugh, earl of Chester.
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They were the legates of conquest .
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Was it only a desire for conquest ?