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Mahinda in a sentence

Using Mahinda

  • In the example corpus, mahinda often appears in combinations such as: mahinda rajapaksa, president mahinda, minister mahinda.

Context around Mahinda

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

minister 4× president 3× brother 2× treasury 1× mattala 1× replacing 1× chairman 1× lanka 1×

Often after:

rajapaksa 12× deshapriya 2× resigned 1× carpeted 1× siriwardena 1× allegedly 1× samarasinghe 1×

Sentence patterns with Mahinda

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

after mr mahinda rajapaksa s 1× commission replacing mahinda deshapriya 1× costs while mahinda resigned from 1× ex president mahinda rajapaksa and 1× his brother mahinda allegedly obstructed 1× lanka president mahinda rajapaksa s 1× mahinda carpeted sirikotha 1× mahinda rajapaksa did 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a poignant example 1× as of saturday 1× brother and confidante 1× foreign minister of 1× further nimal punchihewa 1× gantry cranes worth 1×

Common sentence endings:

colombo sri lanka 1× deemed economically unviable 1× for emergency use 1× for the purchase 1× his election defeat 1× members of parliament 1×

Words around Mahinda

Just before it in the word index:

mahina 3 mahin 3 mahimbhatta 2 mahima 14 mahim 14 mahila 27

Just after it in the word index:

mahindra 116 mahipal 4 mahipalpur 2 mahipaul 5 mahir 5 mahira 17

Similar in corpus frequency:

adamson 90 adapts 90 agitating 90 anyhow 90 argon 90 astounded 90

Corpus analysis for Mahinda

  • In this selection, "mahinda" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, minister, president, brother, rajapaksa, deshapriya and resigned stand out and add context to how "mahinda" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after mr mahinda rajapaksa s and commission replacing mahinda deshapriya. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mahinda" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and agitating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mahinda

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

Mahinda Rajapaksa did not retire after his election defeat. (9 words)

Further, Nimal Punchihewa will be the new Chairman of the National Elections Commission, replacing Mahinda Deshapriya. (16 words)

Mahinda carpeted Sirikotha road by blocking the road to stop the procession that came to Sirikotha to expel Ranil. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

NEC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya, in the letter, said if the new Parliament is to be convened on June 1, the general election must be held on May 27 or 28, and that the preparation for the poll should commence on April 20. (42 words)

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi his birth anniversary at Temple Trees in Sri Lanka along with officers of the High Commission of India, said the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (40 words)

Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi, during his visit, is scheduled to hold talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other high officials. (37 words)

Question examples

What makes us think that under a President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, art will not be divided along patriotic-traitorous lines, as was done under President Mahinda Rajapaksa? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

A poignant example of this was the lack of volunteers to assume the role of Prime Minister after Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation.

Gotabaya temporarily fled his country last summer after mass protests over living costs, while Mahinda resigned from his post as prime minister last spring.

Rajapaksa was a top defense official during the war, and his older brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, had been defeated in the 2015 elections after 10 years in power.

Mahinda carpeted Sirikotha road by blocking the road to stop the procession that came to Sirikotha to expel Ranil.

The circular, which was issued yesterday (23) by Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardena, has been directed to all Ministry Secretaries and Chairpersons of the related institutions.

The Rajapaksa brothers, ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda, allegedly obstructed investigations into his murder as well as those involving journalists and members of parliament.

What makes us think that under a President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, art will not be divided along patriotic-traitorous lines, as was done under President Mahinda Rajapaksa?

As of Saturday (05) morning, two (02) Dornier aircraft belonging to the Indian Coast Guard were stationed at the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport for emergency use.

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Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi, during his visit, is scheduled to hold talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other high officials.

Further, Nimal Punchihewa will be the new Chairman of the National Elections Commission, replacing Mahinda Deshapriya.

Gantry cranes worth USD 25.7 had been procured after the subject minister at the time Mahinda Samarasinghe had obtained cabinet approval for the purchase.

In 2013, during then Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to Sanchi, he again expressed his government’s willingness to fund the temple’s construction.

In just 15 months after Mahinda’s departure, China managed not only to revive its $ 1.4 billion flagship Colombo port city project, but also began expansion work on major infrastructure projects that were deemed economically unviable.

Mahinda Rajapaksa did not retire after his election defeat.

NEC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya, in the letter, said if the new Parliament is to be convened on June 1, the general election must be held on May 27 or 28, and that the preparation for the poll should commence on April 20.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, presented the second reading of Budget 2021 in Parliament on Tuesday (17).

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi his birth anniversary at Temple Trees in Sri Lanka along with officers of the High Commission of India, said the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

This was revealed at the meeting of the ruling party, chaired by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Thousands of people, primarily ethnic Tamils, are believed to have been forcibly disappeared in state custody between 2005 and 2015, when the current president was defense secretary and his brother, current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, was president.

Brother and confidante of ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa – and like him – Gotabaya is widely seen as relatively friendlier to Chinese interests than the former president, Maithripala Sirisena.

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Common combinations with mahinda

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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