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Object
- monastery: Possibly born in Wales, he founded the monastery of Louth in Ireland.
- convent: St Swithin of weather fame founded a convent on the site which later became a monastery.
- abbey: At Fulda, in Germany, St. Boniface founded a Benedictine abbey.
- nunnery: The Priory is built on the site of a nunnery founded by the Princess.
- colony: The Morning Letter: With the movement of the Embassy to a new location, you are founding a new colony.
Preposition: on
- principle: The First International was not founded on explicitly communist principles.
- belief: It is founded on a belief, one whose fanaticism is such it can't be moderated.
- premise: Such a model is not new; the Co-op was founded on the same premise.
Subject
- Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.
- entrepreneur: The business founded by entrepreneur Colin Chapman moved from southeast England to a former airfield at Hethel, near Wymondham, in 1966.
Preposition: as
- monastery: Torre Abbey is Torquay's oldest building and dates back to 1196 when it was founded as a monastery.
Preposition: in
- reign: This school was founded in the reign of Edward VI ( 1547-1553 ) as a Latin Grammar School.
- 1950s: The Dawa party, founded in the 1950s, is the oldest of all Iraqi Shi'a parties in Iraq.
- 1960s: An Introduction The University of Sussex was the first of the universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in August 1961.
- century: Founded in the 16th century, Hutton Grammar School is one of the oldest schools in the country.
- 1970s: The Public, based in West Bromwich, is an internationally acclaimed community arts organization founded in the 1970s by Sylvia King.
- 1920s: The Association had been founded in the 1920s and among its achievements was getting the driving test adopted.
Preposition: by
- Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.
- entrepreneur: The business founded by entrepreneur Colin Chapman moved from southeast England to a former airfield at Hethel, near Wymondham, in 1966.
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