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Example sentences for: colony

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Set in the far northeast portion of Bermuda, St. George’s is the island’s oldest town and the historic heartland of the colony.
“We have just one emperor colony in our study region, and it's decreasing very fast,” Fraser says.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she would attend the ceremonies in Hong Kong when the British colony reverts to Chinese control--to show her support for continued democracy in Hong Kong.
In cultured cells, C/EBPα expression leads to decreased colony formation upon antibiotic selection [ 23 24 25 ] , decreased DNA synthesis [ 22 24 25 26 27 ] and an enhanced proportion of cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle [ 26 ] . Thus, C/EBPα regulates cellular proliferation, as well as gene transcription.
On a December day in 1917, British General Allenby rode up to Jaffa Gate and dismounted from his horse because he would not ride where Jesus walked; he then accepted the surrender of the city after the Ottoman Turks had fled (the flag of surrender was a bed-sheet from the American Colony Hotel).