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    The British established a settlement in New South Wales in 1788 because they needed to send some of the prisoners out of the country because of the overcrowded prisons in Britain‚ which led to more crime and therefore convicts‚ for a growth of empire‚ security and trade and they needed a climate suitable for growing crops such as flax and trees for their wood due to their supply being under threat from war. Such a colony would solve the problem of Britain’s overcrowded prisons (a problem caused

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    of variants. The most well-known English variants are British and American English. Although British and American English are the same language‚ they have some differences in vocabulary‚ pronunciation‚ grammar‚ and spelling (http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbintr.html‚ 2011). However. one variant cannot be said to be superior to the other because both have been standardized (Kemmer‚2009). Despite no course about the differences between British and American English‚ PBI students they are still able

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    To make a line break in a cell (not everything fits well within a cell) -type first part then press alt+enter and then type the rest‚ it’ll put the rest on second line when you hit enter In a cell the number ’1’ is equivelent to 100% Excel stores dates as serial numbers starting at 1 (which is January 1‚ 1900) so 9/15/2012 is 41167 (the number of days from 1/1/1900 to 9/15/2012) To adjust colum width (the horizontal measurement of a column) -Click "Format" in cells group (on Home

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    the free encyclopedia Global rise Global fall | ↗◌ | ↘◌ | IPA number | 510‚ 511 | Encoding | Entity(decimal) | ↗​↘ | Unicode(hex) | U+2197 U+2198 | Not to be confused with inflection‚ tone (linguistics)‚ or pitch accent. In linguistics‚ intonation is variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish words. It contrasts with tone‚ in which pitch variation does distinguish words. Intonation‚ rhythm‚ and stress are the three main elements of linguistic prosody

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    of stress that actually helps us understand. This other kind of stress is an accent that we make on certain syllables and words when speaking English. When words combine to form sentences not all of them are stressed. Sentence stress is the music of spoken English. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or "beat". You remember that word stress is accent on one syllable within a word. Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence. For example‚ in the sentence‚ She ‘went to

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    who judge unfairly. His props showed a lawless state which by his own actions made. Himself was a bad action drinking‚ taking bribes‚ ET? These three actors gave an intent impression of watching the play‚ the use of pitch‚ pace‚ tone‚ pauses and accents gave the play a fantastic display. The costumes were all white which made the important parts side out. This gave the directors idea out to the audience. Brecht’s emotions of imaginative‚ vitality was shown here‚ and‚ the corrupt‚ drunk‚ 
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    exporter and the second largest car manufacturer of India. HMIL presently markets 54 variants of passenger cars across segments. These includes the Santro in the B segment‚ the i10‚ the Getz Prime & the premium hatchback i20 in the B+ segment‚ the Accent and the Verna in the C segment‚ the Sonata Transform in the E segment and the Tucson in the SUV segment. Hyundai Motor India Ltd‚ continuing its tradition of being the fastest growing passenger car manufacturer‚ registered total sales of 559‚880

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    I agree that the way the British soldiers treated the Boer fighters and civilians was in fact brutal. With the use of the ‘refugee camps’ and the scorched earth policy it made them seem that much more brutal. Sources P‚ Q and R all offer different insights into how brutally British soldier dealt with the Boer guerrilla fighters during the Second Boer war in 1899‚ with evidence to support the brutality of it all. Source R strongly agrees that the British treated the Boers badly‚ particularly the

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    railroad‚ and irrigation systems. It also set up a large army called the Sepoys to defend its interests and India’s borders. The Sepoys were commanded by the British officers and were supported by the units of the British army. Although the Indians benefited from the British rule many resented British rule. The East India Company made sure that British colonist received most of the advantages from the new technology and industrialization. Indian factory workers and servants received very low wages. Farmers

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    the well-known Egyptian author‚ Naguib Mahfouz. It is a microcosmic display of Egypt during the British mandate at that time. The novel mainly focuses on an alley located in one of the crowded streets of Cairo. Omnisciently narrated‚ it gives us a detailed analysis of the Egyptian people during that time of oppression. Mahfouz conveys his message by the creation of external factors such as the British and WWII and making them play an eminent role throughout the novel‚ and thus having a profound impact

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