Sentence examples for English gained from inspiring English sources

In North America yachting began with the Dutch in New York in the 17th century and continued when the English gained control.

Last year, nearly three-quarters of 16 year olds sitting English gained these coveted grades, compared with just 35% of 17-year-old "resitters".

The English gained control of eastern Canada following the French and Indian War, and the tribe disputed the new colonizer's land claims until 1776, after which certain lands were assigned to the tribe.

The union of the new "Great Brittain" with Ireland that was to follow in 1801 was doomed before it was signed.Yet both Scots and English gained from the 1707 union of the kingdoms.

The English gained control over Wales, Scotland and Ireland not to allow outside powers a foothold on the British Isles.

Hill went on to Keble College, Oxford, where he read English, gaining a first (1953).

By Elissa Lerner February 17, 2011 The "Goddess of English" gains popularity among the Dalit (formerly "untouchable") community in India.

By way of news management they pointed to a smattering of northern successes, but could not shake off the fact that only a fraction of their English gains came from anywhere above the Midlands.

"Students of languages other than English gain the knowledge to understand cultural practices (what people do) and products (what people create) and to increase their understanding of other cultures as well as to interact with members of those cultures," according to the Texas school standards for teaching foreign languages.

Most of the English gains were negated when, a year later, the English governors of Deventer and Zutphen's sconce defected to the Spanish ranks and handed over their places to Farnese.

He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History".