Example sentences of "[verb] the royal [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He replied that an army of 5–6000 men might still successfully evade the Royal Navy and descend anywhere on the coast , so that the nation needed a minimum of 18,000 under arms , one-third to protect London , another third distributed throughout the country to crush any supporting rebellions , and the final third to provide a strategic reserve — an admirable analysis of the problem . |
| 2 | The former depicted the royal coat of arms , texts from the scriptures , the Creed , or the Lord 's Prayer . |
| 3 | Soon after Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979 she disbanded the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , set up as a permanent body by the Labour government in 1974 to report periodically on changes in distribution trends . |
| 4 | On a Saturday in February 1698 , an attempt was made to kill the King by halting the Royal Coach in the muddy Turnham Green Lane on its way from hunting in Richmond Park . |
| 5 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 6 | For the names of statutes that have received the royal assent since the last supplement of Statutes in Force and Halsbury , consult the current numbers of Current Law . |
| 7 | For South Wales , Llantrisant had already received the Royal Mint , but its New Town designation was withdrawn . |
| 8 | In times when there are ever-louder grumblings about the money that is spent maintaining the Royal Family , it is imperative that the public has its belief confirmed that they are special , and in some way different from the rest of us . |
| 9 | Even with the bustle of oil activity , Scapa was a lonely place with an aura of sadness , forever haunted by its sad history of scuttled and torpedoed ships ; each time I passed the Royal Oak buoy on our way into Scapa Pier I was reminded of this history . |
| 10 | In a series of briefings yesterday , sources agreed the royal marriage was less than perfect . |
| 11 | As a mark of recognition , the Royal Warrant is known and respected worldwide , and as such , it is of tremendous value to those companies that proudly display the Royal Crest above their name . |
| 12 | Amongst them is quaint Braemar , home of the famous Highland games , first held in the 10th century … friendly Ballater , where many of the local shops proudly display the Royal Warrant … and of course the Royal fairy-tale castle of BALMORAL , nestling in the lush pine forests of the Dee Valley which is open May , June and July . |
| 13 | They supply the trade with top quality woven and printed furnishing fabrics and proudly display the Royal Warrant . |
| 14 | SOARING bad debts continue to hit the Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 15 | We talked of toxic wastes ; the possibility of there ever being true democracy in Tonga ( ‘ on paper the place is ripe for revolution , it is true , and our friends in the other islands are experiencing troubled times , so we must be wary ’ ) ; the complaints about corruption among the Tongan nobility , the curious business arrangements engineered between members of the royal family and the dubious Americans who were forever fetching up at the palace doorstep wishing to bend a royal ear to this scheme or that , with wealth and fame for all ; and the most surprising news : his decision to demolish the royal palace . |
| 16 | Britain 's only response was to cancel the Royal Ballet 's visit to Moscow . |
| 17 | ‘ The Scots take the identity of their regiments perhaps even more seriously than the English and there is a clear case , on grounds of tradition and sentiment , to preserve the Royal Scots . ’ |
| 18 | The majority ( eight out of 14 ) were republican , only one respected the Royal Family , the rest said the Windsors should get their act together . |
| 19 | With his precision of line , careful musicality and swift little steps close to the ground , Shaw , in ballets like Les Rendezvous , embodied everything that was best about Ashton 's choreography and which made the Royal Ballet unique . |
| 20 | inherited from Byzantium. was to remain the royal emblem until the fall of the monarchy . |
| 21 | Parkinson and his colleagues pointed out that out of seven regular observers using the Royal Greenwich Observatory 's meridian circle since 1851 , five produced self-consistent observations of the Sun 's diameter over each of their periods as observer . |
| 22 | Even those who thought military sanctions might be necessary believed that this would be limited to using the Royal Navy to close the Suez Canal to the Italians . |
| 23 | He denied the Government would ignore Parliament by ratifying the treaty using the royal prerogative . |
| 24 | It has good beaches , dramatic scenery and has even been given the royal nod . |
| 25 | In 1945 it was given the royal accolade and since 1954 it has had its headquarters in Croydon , although the College of St. Nicolas ( latterly at Addington Palace ) closed in 1974 . |
| 26 | The Education Reform Act was given the Royal Assent on the 29 July 1988 . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that this norm has altered and that the courts will recognise as valid only legislation which has been passed by both houses and given the royal assent , has not been repealed expressly or by implication and which accords with our obligations under community law . |
| 28 | In his view , the courts had no power to question the validity of any act passed by both Houses of Parliament and given the Royal Assent . |
| 29 | CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases . |
| 30 | And the unique project has just been given the Royal seal of approval . |