imperial past

collocation in English

meaningsofimperialandpast

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imperial
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/us
/ɪmˈpɪr.i.əl/
belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that ...
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past
noun[S]
uk
/pɑːst/us
/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition ofimperialandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But the rhetoric is familiar enough, from animperialpast, and if this is not ideological, what is?
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We staggered on, year after year, decade after decade, knowing the nonsense that we were creating—the legacy of ourimperialpastand other historical problems.
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Returning to the general, overseas territories are an historical legacy from ourimperialpast.
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People who wish that ourimperialpastwould return are wishing for the impossible.
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The opportunity has arisen because of ourimperialpast.
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It is an emotional hankering after animperialpast.
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It is not some easily retained legacy from ourimperialpast.
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We—we hear this so often—are having to cope with ourimperialpast.
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Some of those are relics of ourimperialpast.
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I am not an old blimp who thinks that we should keep up forces for the sake of ourimperialpast.
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The real challenge which faces us is that of transforming thisimperialpastinto new methods of exercising our sense of responsibility for people overseas.
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It is the aftermath of the war and of our particularimperialpastwhich preceded it.
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We cannot in 10, 15, 20 or 25 years wipe out 200 years of capitalism or get rid of the remnants of animperialpast.
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We cannot quickly sweep away all ourimperialpast.
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We want a radical break with ourimperialpast.
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They are relics of ourimperialpast.
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In fact, our possession of the islands is a hangover from ourimperialpast—the sort of hangover which in the past we found it easy to divest ourselves of.
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