21.   But he said the government had little choice but to act because the former British colony was under attack by a cabal of foreign hedge funds.

22.   But many African languages and dialects are spoken, and the former British colony still has many English speakers.

23.   But others helped get Antigua, a former British colony, into hot water.

24.   But the former British colony is still very much open for business, Mao says, and delighted to embrace any capitalist imperialists who might come calling.

25.   But these are frustrating times for this former British colony, which reverted to Chinese rule just as Asia was slipping into recession.

26.   But the successful hand-over of the former British colony to Beijing calmed a lot of nerves and kept many Chinese at home.

27.   By order of the Crown, no goods could be shipped to British colonies without having stopped first in England to be taxed.

28.   China may now be the undisputed ruler of this former British colony.

29.   Chaudhuri drew upon his personal experiences as he chronicled the transformation of India from British colony to independent state.

30.   Colonial Williamsburg is a living history site, an entire town that has been restored and returned to the days when Virginia was a British colony.