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Burghs in a sentence

Related words

Burghs | Burgh | Burghers | Burgher

Burghs meaning

plural of burgh

Using Burghs

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of burgh
  • In the example corpus, burghs often appears in combinations such as: burghs in.

Context around Burghs

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

police 1× older 1× royal 1× angus 1× slavic 1× twelve 1× scottish 1×

Sentence patterns with Burghs

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and slavic burghs in their 1× as police burghs from the 1× not the burghs 1× rural royal burghs until the 1× the angus burghs 1× the older burghs 1× the scottish burghs and shires 1× the twelve burghs in perthshire 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ellon was one 1× harck p 17 1× it was brought 1× its failure bankrupted 1× of the twelve 1× some newer settlements 1×

Common sentence endings:

a large burgh 1× in their vicinity 1× not the burghs 1× opportunity for dissent 1× the angus burghs 1× the older burghs 1×

Words around Burghs

Just before it in the word index:

burghley 40 burghers 36 burgher 12 burghead 8 burghardt 4 burgh 61

Just after it in the word index:

burgi 2 burgie 2 burgin 6 burglar 128 burglaries 212 burglarised 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Burghs

  • In this selection, "burghs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police, older and royal stand out and add context to how "burghs" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and slavic burghs in their and as police burghs from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "burghs" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with burghs

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Its failure bankrupted these landowners, but not the burghs. (9 words)

Of the twelve burghs in Perthshire, only Perth was made a large burgh. (13 words)

It was brought forward in response to ideas which emerged from the Carnoustie design charrette, one of a series held across the Angus burghs. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Various attempts were made to legitimise the union, calling representatives from the Scottish burghs and shires to negotiations and to various English parliaments, where they were always under-represented and had little opportunity for dissent. (35 words)

Harck, p. 17 Scandinavians had contacts to the Slavs since their very immigration, these first contacts were soon followed by both the construction of Scandinavian emporia and Slavic burghs in their vicinity. (32 words)

Some newer settlements were only designated as police burghs from the 19th century onward, a classification which also applies to most of the older burghs. (25 words)

Example sentences (7)

Some newer settlements were only designated as police burghs from the 19th century onward, a classification which also applies to most of the older burghs.

Ellon was one of the north-east's traditional rural royal burghs until the arrival of oil in the 1970s saw the town expand exponentially.

It was brought forward in response to ideas which emerged from the Carnoustie design charrette, one of a series held across the Angus burghs.

Harck, p. 17 Scandinavians had contacts to the Slavs since their very immigration, these first contacts were soon followed by both the construction of Scandinavian emporia and Slavic burghs in their vicinity.

Its failure bankrupted these landowners, but not the burghs.

Of the twelve burghs in Perthshire, only Perth was made a large burgh.

Various attempts were made to legitimise the union, calling representatives from the Scottish burghs and shires to negotiations and to various English parliaments, where they were always under-represented and had little opportunity for dissent.

Common combinations with burghs

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • burghs in 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "burghs" in a sentence?
An example: "Some newer settlements were only designated as police burghs from the 19th century onward, a classification which also applies to most of the older burghs." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "burghs" from authentic English texts.
What does "burghs" mean?
Burghs means: plural of burgh
How many example sentences with "burghs" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "burghs", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.