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British Mandatory Palestine The Colonial Office

After the Great War, the British Government did keep one of her many wartime promises to her allies.

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Brought to their Knees Cornelius Tacitus

Agricola, tasked with subduing the people of Britain to Roman colonial government, persuaded them to wear servitude as a badge of refinement.

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Brutus of Britain Clay Lane

Back in the days of the prophet Samuel, so the story goes, a grandson of Trojan hero Aeneas brought civilisation to the British Isles.

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Bungling Tinkers! Sir Sidney Low

Sir Sidney Low blamed the recent catalogue of war and revolution on out-of-touch diplomats who had tried to hammer the peoples of Europe into artificial unity.

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Burning Daylight Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson argued that his steam engines were solar-powered.

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By Leaps and Bounds

Make up a scenario for each of these prepositional phrases, such as ‘beyond endurance’ or ‘for no reason at all’.

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