Barbados Sentence Examples

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  • Barbados is thought to have been first visited by the Portuguese.

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  • No census was taken in the former, or in Jamaica and Barbados, in 1901.

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  • An investigation Commission was set up in Barbados to determine, among other things, what caused the mid-air explosion of that plane.

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  • Consider Barbados if you are seeking a peaceful island getaway.

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  • In the course of the American War of Independence Barbados again experienced great hardships owing to the restrictions placed upon the importation of provisions from the American colonies, and in 1778 the distress became so acute that the British government had to send relief.

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  • Hurricanes are the scourge of Barbados, those of 1780, 1831, and 1898 being so disastrous as to necessitate relief measures on the part of the home government.

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  • See Ligon, History of Barbados (1657); Oldmixon, British Empire in America (1741); A Short History of Barbados (1768); Remarks upon the Short History (1768); Poyer, History of Barbados (1808); Capt.

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  • Sir George Ayscue, who had lately returned from the West Indies, whither he had been sent to subdue the Royalist party in Barbados, had a sharp encounter with a Dutch convoy while on his way up Channel to the Downs, and had captured several prizes.

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  • Subsequent volumes of the same series contained his observations of the transits of Venus (1761 and 1769), on the tides at St Helena (1762), and on various astronomical phenomena at St Helena (1764) and at Barbados (1764).

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  • Thirty only escaped, who were afterwards transported as slaves to Barbados.

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  • In 1671 he visited Barbados, Jamaica, and the American continent, and shortly after his return in 1673 he was, as has been already noted, apprehended in Worcestershire for attending meetings that were forbidden by the law.

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  • In 1793 the see of Quebec was founded; Jamaica and Barbados followed in 1824, and Toronto and Newfoundland in 1839.

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  • There is, however, a common court of appeal for the group as well as for Barbados, composed of the chief justices of the respective islands, and there is also a common audit system, while the islands unite in maintaining certain institutions of general utility.

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  • The Windward Islands, which, as a geographical division, properly include Barbados, derive their name from the fact that they are the most exposed of the Lesser Antilles to the N.E.

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  • In 1875 he married Lucy, daughter of John Lane of Barbados.

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  • Barbados is dependent on Grenada for the majority of its firewood.

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  • The white clay marls of Camorta and Nancowry have become famous as being true polycistinan marls like those of Barbados.

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  • Whilst not playing cricket, there was plenty to do in Barbados.

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  • Davies now confines himself to cricket, playing for Barnes Common cricket club, which recently toured in Barbados.

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  • Hugh attacked - Jan 05 Hugh Grant stung by jellyfish in Barbados.

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  • The suppression of Roman Catholicism was zealously pursued by Cromwell; the priests were hunted down and imprisoned or exiled to Spain or Barbados, the mass was everywhere forbidden, and the only liberty allowed was that of conscience, the Romanist not being obliged to attend Protestant services.

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  • The levy of ship money and customs by Charles sinks into insignificance beside Cromwell's wholesale taxation by ordinances; the inquisitional methods of the major-generals and the unjust and exceptional taxation of royalists outdid the scandals of the extra-legal courts of the Stuarts; the shipment of British subjects by Cromwell as slaves to Barbados has no parallel in the Stuart administration; while the prying into morals, the encouragement of informers, the attempt to make the people religious by force, were the counterpart of the Laudian system, and Cromwell's drastic treatment of the Irish exceeded anything dreamed of by Strafford.

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  • Since on an average 70% by measurement of the normal defecated cane juice has to be evaporated in order to reduce it to syrup ready for final concentration and crystallization in the vacuum pan, and since to attain the same end as much as 90 to 95% of the volume of mixed juices has to be evaporated when maceration or imbibition is employed, it is clear that some more economical mode of evaporation is necessary in large estates than the open-fire batteries still common in Barbados and some of the West Indian islands, and in small haciendas in Central America and Brazil, but seldom seen elsewhere.

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  • Born on the island of Barbados, Rhianna is an exotic beauty with a multitude of talents.

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  • If you are flexible with the dates you can travel for your honeymoon, you can get reduced rates by traveling with auction travel sites like Priceline for beautiful all inclusive vacations to places like Barbados, Jamaica, and Cancun.

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  • Robyn Rihanna Fenty hails from Saint Michael, Barbados, where she was born on February 20, 1988.

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  • Since the incident, the Disturbia singer reportedly went to her native Barbados and then on to a vacation in Mexico.

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  • Rihanna - Hailing from the island of Barbados, this self-proclaimed 'bad girl' suffers from icthyophobia, a fear of fish.

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  • Common ports of call from San Juan include St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Maarten, Aruba, and Martinique.

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  • Longer cruises may include additional excursions, such as visits to Barbados and Martinique.

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  • This company offers five and seven-day cruises to places such as Barbados, Greece, Rome and Portugal.

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  • This trip has ports of call inthe Canary Islands, St. Maarten, St. John's, Barbados, and otherexotic travel destinationsbeforedocking in Colon, Panama.

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  • Deering - This schooner left Barbados on January 9, 1921 and was last seen off the coast of North Carolina by lighthouse keeper Thomas Jacobson.

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  • The Barbados are heels that are made for walking - excellent for those who want to look elegant and not sacrifice comfort.

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  • In addition to Australia, the program also airs in other parts of the world, including Belgium, Barbados, New Zealand, Ireland and Norway, among others.

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  • Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on the island of Barbados on February 20, 1988.

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  • In 2004, she was introduced to music producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing on Barbados.

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  • Nothing definite can be said with regard to a rotation of crops Sea Island Cotton - Carolina Sea Island Florida „ „ Georgia „ Barbados „ „ Egyptian Cottons Yannovitch.

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  • As early as 1671 George Fox when in Barbados counselled kind treatment of slaves and ultimate liberation of them.

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  • The oldest rocks of Barbados, known as the Scotland series, are of shallow water origin, consisting of coarse grits, brown sandstones and sandy clays, in places saturated with petroleum and traversed by veins of manjak.

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  • Climate, &c. - The climate of Barbados is pleasant.

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  • Barbados is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

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  • During the Civil War in England many Royalists sought refuge in Barbados, where, under Lord Willoughby (who had leased the island from the earl of Carlisle), they offered stout resistance to the forces of the Commonwealth.

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  • Her theater venture on the exotic inland of Barbados marks the beginning of a hectic schedule for the 30-year-old Aussie superstar.

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  • The southern section, influenced by its location, by the early settlers from Barbados, and by its trade connexions, was brought into rather more intimate relations with the island colonies and with the mother country.

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  • In '724 Hermann Boernaave referred to the oleum terrae of Burma, and "Barbados tar" was then well known as a medicinal agent.

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