Example sentences of "vi 's [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It marked the culmination of a series of political disorders , directed primarily against Henry VI 's chief adviser , William de la Pole , duke of Suffolk . |
2 | At times , it looks like little more than nepotism : The Prince of Wales ' last private secretary , Edward Adeane had been a page-of-honour to the Queen in his teens ; his father , Lord Adeane , had been the Queen 's private secretary for nearly twenty years , and his great-grandfather , Lord Stamfordham had been private secretary to George V. George VI 's private secretary , Sir Alan Lascelles , was a cousin of the sixth Lord Harewood , husband of Princess Mary . |
3 | It was not until Edward VI 's brief reign that the Protestant Reformation was brought to England . |
4 | The Lancastrian army arrived at Stamford in February 1461 , on their march to St. Albans , and were led by Henry VI 's French consort , Queen Margaret . |
5 | They could not give the impression that they doubted the validity of their king 's claim to the crown of France , for by so doing they would have thrown doubt upon the symbolic and legal importance of Henry VI 's French coronation , rendering illegal the very authority ( the royal one ) upon which the validity of the grants made to Englishmen ( and others ) in Normandy depended . |
6 | Despite Louis VI 's military aid , Clito died of wounds received in battle , and Thierry 's claims to the county were upheld . |