Since Britain imported mainly foodstuffs from its empire, no preferences could be granted to the colonies without Britain first imposing a tariff on foodstuffs imported from other countries.

Before we compare these constructions with a PPP connected to a verbform of to be in the third person, we shall first discuss the following phenomenon.

Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.

Accordingly she was exceedingly elevated; alternately singing pieces of hymns in a hobbling broken voice, having lost her teeth, breaking out into incoherent exclamations, and relating parts of her experience; while I had not room, which indeed I did not much require, to get a word in edgewise.