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In 1807 Parliament made the trade in slaves illegal, but the powerful sugar lobby exerted pressure and slavery continued on the plantations.
The pyramids of Egypt have exerted a powerful hold on the world since explorers first began to explore this ancient land.
To identify any studies that exerted a disproportionate influence on the summary treatment effect, we deleted individual studies one at a time.
The style of the cross-beamed roofs and simple wooden frames is the same as that used more than 2,000 years ago, before Chinese architecture exerted its influence when Buddhism arrived here from Korea.
The Jewish contingent has exerted a particularly pervasive cultural influence (see Food, above [where available, high-quality Jewish delicatessen food is much esteemed], and note that several common jargon terms are obviously mutated Yiddish.