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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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family
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Some of your family had already emigrated during the last century and set up as moneylenders.
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He came from a prosperous or at least commercially successful Lincolnshire family which emigrated to Massachusetts in 1633 and 1634.
people
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Already, 1,150 people emigrate each week, draining Hong Kong's talent, wealth and middle-class ballast.
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In 1848 only 400 people emigrated on the Overland Trail to California.
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Nineteenth-century Madeira had many problems similar to those of nineteenth-century Ireland, and many people emigrated in search of a better life.
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Many people have to emigrate leaving the women and children behind.
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Over the same period, over 400,000 immigrants have come to Britain and over a million people have emigrated to other countries.
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An agricultural commune was established at Lindfield but seems to have been short-lived, and Lord Chichester helped 300 people to emigrate .
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In other words, the same people who would have emigrated on their own will be assisted by government programmes.
years
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It is comfortable enough, by Cairo standards, and represents the opportunity he emigrated from Aswan years ago to claim.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Millie's brother Dennis, and his wife Joan, decided to emigrate the following year.
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My grandparents emigrated from Italy.
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My parents emigrated from Britain to New Zealand just before I was born.
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Our son and his wife, Jenny, emigrated to Australia in 1988.
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The couple emigrated in 1987 and are back here on holiday to see friends and relatives.
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They later got married and emigrated to Australia in 1936.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, several dozen applicants per month actually got permission to emigrate .
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Good telecommunications links can bring them closer to western markets, giving their skilled workers less incentive to emigrate .
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In order to survive, the Prophet decided to emigrate .
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Later they emigrate to Pittsburg, but can never escape their tangled past.
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There is no need for them to emigrate to make money.
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We failed to feed a starving people, leaving millions to die or emigrate .