Example sentences of "[noun] be the royal [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years .
2 At one side was the royal enclosure with row after row of wooden seats , all covered in purple or gold cloth .
3 The most popular tourist areas are the Royal Mile and Princes Street , attracting visitors from all over the world throughout the year , but reaching a peak of popularity during the Festival .
4 Tite 's best-known work is the Royal Exchange in the City of London .
5 He has also observed that an immediate cause of the creation of this new duty of the judges was the royal mandate which ordered the Court of Common Pleas to remain stationary at Westminster instead of perambulating the country in attendance on the King , and the subsequent disinclination of the serjeants , even if they had been sufficient in number , to absent themselves from the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster in order to attend the King 's Court during its perambulatory travels .
6 MARATHON Backing the medics are The Royal Hospital Group , Knockdene Garages , Isaac Agnew , Fiat dealer Mervyn Stewart , Textflow and Trisport .
7 The exhibition 's first venue is the Royal Albert Memorial Museum , Exeter ; it runs from 28 October to 2 December , and then tours the south-west of England in 1990 .
8 If Jesus were the royal Messiah and John the priestly one , the baptism in the Jordan would have been all the more significant — the priestly Messiah conferring official status on his royal counterpart , who also , by the manifest workings of a divine plan , happened to be his close kin .
9 Of higher standing were the royal burghs , which alone were entitled to handle foreign trade , now expanding with exports of wool , hides and salted fish .
10 The British air defence missiles were the Royal Navy 's Sea Slug , the Army 's Thunderbird , and the RAF 's Bloodhound .
11 Your P45 , Ma'am Is the royal family on the way out OK , YAH BOO SUCKS We name the Upper Class Twit of the Year PLUS : THE MASSES Steve Punt joins the shellsuit set at Center Parcs
12 The Royal Air Force , for example , should be so referred to ; and the Navy is the Royal Navy .
13 The artillery men received grants of ex-crown lands in Middlesex and Surrey in settlement of their arrears ; his own share was the royal manor of Byfleet , only four miles from his family 's seat in Chertsey .
14 The other was the royal standard , they say , flown by my lord Malcolm , King Duncan 's eldest son . ’
15 His father was the royal agent at Sandringham .
16 On HMS River Clyde and attendant ships were the Royal Munster Fusiliers , 2nd Hants. ( less two companies ) , a field corps of the Royal Engineers , a GHQ Signals Section , and three subdivisions of the 52nd , the Glasgow and Lowland counterpart of the 51st Highland Division .
17 It implies , of course , that as long as they have the right kind of causal relations , other machines , apart from brains , can possess mentality ; and it also implies that the study of artificial intelligence and computational modelling is the royal road to understanding mentality .
18 Balmoral Castle grounds 8 miles away are open to the public ; adjacent to Balmoral is the Royal Lochnager Distillery .
19 The hub of the City 's cultural life is the Royal Centre .
20 The next port of call was the Royal Moat House International and Nottingham , for an excellent carvery lunch enjoyed in most pleasant surroundings .
21 The other Territorial unit manned by the Works was the Royal Bucks Hussars , also part of the 2nd South Midland Brigade and in the same theatre as the Stony Stratford Ambulance .
22 PARKING OF COACHES : Edinburgh is an old and historic city , the oldest part being the Royal Mile with The Palace of Holyroodhouse at one end and The Castle at the other .
23 Among Edinburgh outlets are the Royal Ettrick and Navaar House .
24 Also in Sinaia each summer were the Royal Family .
25 Once again , the immediate issues were the royal prerogative and the high tax burdens entailed by the monarch 's profligate spending .
26 Views of individual scientists on science policy tend to be channelled through a multiplicity of professional societies , and the only unifying body which can claim to have an overview of national needs in science is the Royal Society .
27 On the reverse is the Royal Cypher above the date 1918 .
28 On the reverse is the Royal Cypher above the date 1918 .
29 One family never at a loss when it comes to finding portraitists is the Royal Family .
30 St Denis is the royal mausoleum of France where the white alabaster tombs of the kings lie in quiet hope of Christ 's Second Coming .
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