5 sentences with 'bargain'
Example sentences and phrases with the word bargain and other words derived from it.
• « In fact, peasants did very well in these centuries; they were often able to bargain with their lords for stable rents, and a fairly prosperous class of landed peasants emerged who enjoyed traditional rights vis-à-vis the nobility. »
• « In the end, the Royal Navy forced the Chinese state to reopen its ports to the Indian opium trade, and the British got Hong Kong in the bargain as part of the British Empire itself. »
• « Jefferson, who wanted to expand the United States to realise his "empire of liberty", achieved his greatest triumph in 1803 when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. For $15 million - a bargain price considering the amount of land involved - the United States doubled in size. »
• « Jackson and his supporters reminded voters of the "corrupt bargain" of 1824. They framed it as the work of a small group of political elites deciding who would lead the nation, acting self-servingly and ignoring the will of the majority. »
• « The causes of the wars are believed to be the sudden influx of European settlers to New Zealand (far more arrived than the Maoris anticipated), and the struggle for control of the land that followed. Also, many chiefs felt that the British were not holding up their end of the bargain with the Treaty of Waitangi. »