colonial government
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandgovernment
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withgovernment.
colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
See more atcolonial
government
noun
uk/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
See more atgovernment
(Definition ofcolonialandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcolonial government
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Nor was thecolonialgovernmentconsistent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thecolonialgovernmentdid build electricity lines.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, goodcolonialgovernmentwas the prerequisite for responsible selfgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both enjoyed considerable influence in thecolonialgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their main responsibility, insofar as thecolonialgovernmentwas concerned, was collecting taxes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As it turned out, the proposed organisational model would outlive thecolonialgovernmentby 25 years.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The trade also flourished because thecolonialgovernmentfrequently lacked the necessary means to suppress it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, we know that thecolonialgovernmentassociated its income with the production of silver.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Given the dilemmas, thecolonialgovernmentadopted a parastatal institutional design featuring several characteristics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It therefore relied heavily on grants from thecolonialgovernmentto function.
From theCambridge English Corpus
European community and sometimes even thecolonialgovernment, it was interpreted as emanating from nationalistic spirit.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Presented with the flood of illicit opium, thecolonialgovernmentappeared to have been apathetic.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Though close to the summit ofcolonialgovernment, he cultivated many contacts among the nationalists.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thecolonialgovernmentalso faced its own economic distress as a result of the depression.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This indisputably logical demand was only half-heartedly conceded by thecolonialgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neither the imperial nor thecolonialgovernment, however, was prepared to define the precise nature of the emergency.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The 1910s represented a particularly intense period in the reorganization of the city carried out by thecolonialgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They are clearly no threat to thecolonialgovernment, but are, instead, shown as either its servants or its carriers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
And that reputation proved useful later in securing positions in the city's merchant houses and in thecolonialgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In recent overviews, it has come to represent the success of expansionist settler capitalist designs in securingcolonialgovernmentsupport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He proposes that the rise of nationalist agitation offered opportunities for putting increased pressure on thecolonialgovernment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They started to form alliances against thecolonialgovernment, or to annoy the governments of neighbouring territories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcolonial
Go to the definition ofgovernment
See other collocations withgovernment