colonial power

Only a colonial power would think of doing such a thing.

We are referring here to the last great colonial power on Earth.

We fought a war to claim it from a colonial power.

However, the former colonial power, Denmark, has the final say on the matter.

Germany thus became the third largest colonial power in Africa.

A strong showing against England, its former colonial power, was the last opportunity.

The reality is that we are simply extending our colonial power.

It was the home of the German colonial powers in the late 19th century.

But there is another opportunity for Europe's former colonial powers: higher education.

It includes powerful countries which have been colonial powers in the past.

After his death, the French colonial powers took full control of the territory.

Under all the colonial powers, forced labour remained in place into the 1940s.

China is a colonial power – no more and no less.

The colonial power could also make use of the colony economically.

It has no history of being a colonial power, nor an aggressor state.

American support for the French only prolonged the inevitable fall of the former colonial power.

France, the former colonial power, has deployed 1,000 troops in the capital.

We are not a colonial power responsible for those as they used to be called "coloured people" in Africa.

"That would make us look like a colonial power."

Perhaps I might make a comment to my honourable friends from the former colonial power who are preparing to leave our group.

Germany is a former colonial power in the region.

After his loss of office in 1894, German policy led to greater conflicts with the other colonial powers.

The first colonial power to capture the fort were the Portuguese.

Denmark was a minor colonial power to set foot in India.

It is notably ahead of former colonial power Britain in both categories.