Sentence example with the word 'forestalls'

forestalls

Last update: August 23, 2015


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A special interest belongs to the Macedonian kingdom as it was shaped by Philip, since it forestalls a system which was not to find the time ripe for it in European history till many centuries later - the national kingdom quickened with the culture developed by the ancient city-states.   [Please select]

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Her work upon hospital reform assumed enormous proportions; she was able to improve the conditions in infirmaries and workhouses; and one of her most remarkable papers forestalls the recommendations of the Poor Law Commission of 1909.   [Please select]

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She wanted to read it again to tell its contents to somebody with that irresistible impulse which forestalls confession.   [Please select]

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