How do you use Foveaux in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Foveaux in a sentence
Context around Foveaux
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foveaux
- In this selection, "foveaux" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, put, left and returned stand out and add context to how "foveaux" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and left foveaux to run and foveaux was taken. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foveaux" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foveaux
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Macquarie had been impressed with Foveaux's administration. (8 words)
Paterson, whose health was failing, then retired to Government House at Parramatta and left Foveaux to run the colony. (19 words)
However, when Foveaux returned to England in 1810 he was court-martialled for assenting to Bligh being deposed and imprisoned; Macquarie's recommendation was ignored. (25 words)
He put Foveaux's name forward to succeed Collins as Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania because he could think of no one more fitting, and considered that he could not have acted otherwise with regard to Bligh. (36 words)
Foveaux was taken back into active service in 1811 and promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Greek Light Infantry; he pursued an uneventful military career after that, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general. (33 words)
However, when Foveaux returned to England in 1810 he was court-martialled for assenting to Bligh being deposed and imprisoned; Macquarie's recommendation was ignored. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Foveaux was taken back into active service in 1811 and promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Greek Light Infantry; he pursued an uneventful military career after that, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general.
He put Foveaux's name forward to succeed Collins as Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania because he could think of no one more fitting, and considered that he could not have acted otherwise with regard to Bligh.
However, when Foveaux returned to England in 1810 he was court-martialled for assenting to Bligh being deposed and imprisoned; Macquarie's recommendation was ignored.
Macquarie had been impressed with Foveaux's administration.
Paterson, whose health was failing, then retired to Government House at Parramatta and left Foveaux to run the colony.