Example sentences of "i [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rubies , along with emeralds , oriental sapphires and pearls were used to enrich the brooches and gold crowns owned by Edward I 's wife , Eleanor of Castile , at the time of her death in 1290 . |
| 2 | Nothing is known about his activities until he was authorized , by Elizabeth I 's signet of 8 July 1563 , to prospect for minerals in England , which he did during that summer . |
| 3 | The techniques which Grilly was applying seem to have resembled those employed in England by Edward I 's treasurer , Walter Langton , in his pursuit of the inheritances of great heiresses such as Isabel de Forz . |
| 4 | The great practitioner of the ‘ balancing strategy ’ was Alexander I 's successor Perdikkas , who ruled c.452–413 . |
| 5 | William Lambarde , Elizabeth I 's archivist , described Romney Marsh in 1576 as ‘ evil in winter , grievous in summer and never good ’ . |
| 6 | From 1629 to 1632 he held leases in Malvern Chase , which included Longdon Marsh , and in 1632 he bought part of Charles I 's share of King 's Sedgemoor in Somerset . |
| 7 | The moat and outer curtain wall at Beaumaris Castle , Edward I 's masterpiece ’ |
| 8 | Childebert I 's invasion of the Auvergne , prompted by Arcadius , followed inaccurate reports that Theuderic I had died ; Childebert was also to attack Rheims because he was told , again incorrectly , of Chlothar 's death . |
| 9 | In 1859 he formalized Nicholas I 's reduction of military service from twenty-five years to fifteen . |
| 10 | The republican regime which had taken shape in France by the later 1870s was deeply disliked by many devout Catholics ; and the increasingly acute conflicts between church and state culminated in 1902 in a brutal severing of the links between the two forged by Napoleon I 's concordat with the papacy exactly a hundred years earlier . |
| 11 | The events of 936 and the imperial coronation of 962 bore witness to Otto I 's determination to be Charlemagne redivivus . |
| 12 | Quite as striking , for Otto I 's approach , is some evidence relating to the appointment of a suffragan bishop . |
| 13 | The bulk of Mar 's forces were still with him at Perth and his total force was now perhaps 10,000 strong ; the Duke of Argyll , in command of George I 's army in Scotland , had no more than 4000 . |
| 14 | The Cinque Ports received an admiral on the pattern of Bayonne 's admiral , created in 1295 , and ships from Bayonne brought supplies of wine , corn , flour and other victuals to Edward I 's army in Wales during March and April 1283 . |
| 15 | Charles I 's jailer in the Isle of Wight during 1647–8 , and Oliver Cromwell 's cousin through the Hampden family . |
| 16 | Edward I 's behaviour may be seen partly in this light . |
| 17 | Adalard 's grandfather had been Pippin I 's choice as count of Paris , a countship then held successively by Adalard 's uncles and his brother . |
| 18 | Influences were mutual , and Philip the Fair 's cult of the sainted kingship of Louis IX may have been partly inspired by Henry III 's and Edward I 's promotion of Edward the Confessor . |
| 19 | Husameddin , without citing a relevant source , confidently associates Molla Fenari 's appointment to the kadilik with Bayezid I 's purge of the kadis of Anadolu and dates the latter event in 795/1392–3 . |
| 20 | Charles I made her this out of guilt at the wrong done to her husband , Robert Dudley , son of Elizabeth I 's Earl of Leicester , whom a conspiracy had robbed of legitimacy and titles . |
| 21 | Similarly in 1290 Jean de Nesle , knight , took part in a tournament staged on the occasion of Jean , duke of Brabant 's visit to England for the marriage of his son to Edward I 's daughter , Margaret . |
| 22 | Nor was such military service the only obligation on which the sixth-century Merovingians could rely : they could expect the provision of hospitality , which could be an extremely costly business , as when Chilperic I 's daughter , Rigunth , set out to meet her intended husband in Spain — her retinue devastated the country it passed through . |
| 23 | The creation of a fitting environment for the conduct of diplomacy and the negotiation of marriage alliances may indeed have prompted Edward I 's campaign of works at Westminster in the 1290s . |
| 24 | Following the death of James I , Charles I became King of England , in 1625 , and the Duke of Buckingham ( who had been James I 's favourite ) retained his influence over the throne until he was assassinated at Portsmouth , in August 1628 , but not before he had arranged the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria of France . |
| 25 | The grandest moment in Kenilworth 's colourful history came when Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , who was Elizabeth I 's favourite , built and furnished state rooms for her visits . |
| 26 | After appearing in Pippin I 's entourage in 832 , Bernard had incurred the emperor 's lasting disfavour . |
| 27 | It was Charles I 's gardener Tradescant who found it , and there followed a steady steam of pelargoniums renowned for their fragrant or aromatic foliage . |
| 28 | An account of the establishment of Henry I 's household written just after his death opens with the writing office and chapel , still a single department , which organized the king 's writs and the king 's prayers . |
| 29 | In the account of Henry I 's household there is no reference to the ‘ chancery ’ ; there was no formal institution under this title at this time , in the English or in any other European kingdom . |
| 30 | In June 1286 , there were forty Gascons in Edward I 's household , including four knights banneret , three knights bachelor and twenty-one king 's esquires . |