Fearful of the effect of a chilly English spring on inexperienced players, the management arranged for the team to arrive for practice in England before any of the other 11 squads in the tournament.

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Ten months after their arrival Albemarle died of what Sloane diagnosed as dropsy and the whole party returned to London, where they arrived just as William III and Mary were crowned joint English monarchs in spring 1689.

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Magnolia acquired the film, which is in Norwegian with English subtitles, in spring 2011 after watching a promotional reel.

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In the tests taken in spring 2012, the national average was 79% for pupils achieving the expected levels for English and maths.

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An understanding of English is deepened by knowledge of (any of) its parents: its resonances spring from its origins, not just from use.

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