pre-war period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpre-warandperiod
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pre-war
adjective
uk/ˌpriːˈwɔːr/us/ˌpriːˈwɔːr/
happening before a war, especially the Second ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofpre-warandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The role of the international community is most instrumental in thepre-warperiod.
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Second, the book covers far more than thepre-warperiod.
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Let us take thepre-warperiodand since.
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It has about halved since thepre-warperiod.
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That policy did operate in thepre-warperiod.
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In 1912, in thepre-warperiod, that number had sunk to 55,000,000.
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For thepre-warperiodthe number has been estimated at about 30,000 beds.
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I regret that figures for thepre-warperiodare not available.
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In thepre-warperiodwhich we are considering, 216.9 lbs.
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In 1937, which was the bestpre-warperiod, 500,000 tourists visited this country.
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The misery and hyper-exploitation of thatpre-warperiodshould not return.
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There are no reliable statistics available for comparison with the immediatepre-warperiod.
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How does the post-war period compare with thepre-warperiod?
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I hope he was not comparing it with thepre-warperiod.
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After several attempts, he reaches thepre-warperiod.
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That is all the more serious and regrettable because, in thepre-warperiod, public expenditure was becoming poverty-focused.
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I thought he gave a charming and persuasive picture of what happened in thepre-warperiod.
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The comparable figure for thepre-warperiod—the strictly comparable figure, ascertained in the same way—is 3,000 calories.
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Existing house prices it is true are now on average four times higher than in the immediatepre-warperiod.
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It was an entirely different state of things from that which obtained in thepre-warperiod.
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It went on during thepre-warperiod, and a lot of people were engaged in the occupation.
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The war made an immediate resumption of pre-war practices difficult, but even after countries did so, their macroeconomic situations were far less convergent as compared with thepre-warperiod.
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Otherwise, he played mainly in second team games in thepre-warperiod.
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Only 24 family names from thepre-warperiodresurfaced after the war ended.
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It was produced for a short time in thepre-warperiod, from 1936 to 1939.
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