Perhaps you should try some spelling variations:
22great britain » xgreat britain, great britains, great britiain
zgreat britain » xgreat britain, great britains, great britiain
great brittain » great britian, great britain's
des colonies » her colonies, _ colonies
p colonies » _ colonies, her colonies, les colonies

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• If you are trying to use Boolean operators, they must be ALL CAPS: %((22great britain) OR (((((zgreat britain) OR (great brittain))) OR (great britain)))) %((p colonies) OR (des colonies))%22.
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