Example sentences of "[prep] royal [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that soon , bearing in mind what my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) said , we shall make more appointments to the shadow commission so that the commissioners can begin to plan their work in order that the commission can start its work shortly after Royal Assent . |
| 2 | There were cases in which bishops were appointed in opposition to the will of a ruler , as when Dynamius , the patrician of Provence , appointed Marcellus as bishop of Uzès , despite royal support for Jovinus . |
| 3 | To acknowledge this rule should thus have the double advantage of eliminating any appearance of royal partiality in selecting a Prime Minister on these occasions , and of ensuring that the parties obtain the leaders they want by the methods they want . |
| 4 | They prevented the development of royal autocracy , even absolutism . |
| 5 | The curse of royal divorce had already been put upon the House of Windsor years before . |
| 6 | Office in the higher levels of royal service did , however , involve some element of risk . |
| 7 | Hunsdon himself died in debt , but it is impossible to say whether this was the consequence of high expenses at court or whether he was typical : in the upper reaches of royal service , where conspicuous consumption was demanded , much would depend upon luck . |
| 8 | There was a strong tradition of royal service in the Turberville family : Hugh de Turberville had served Edward I with distinction since before his accession . |
| 9 | Louis was perceptive enough to gauge the degree of royal influence that would be welcomed in the great principalities . |
| 10 | But he may not have been released from the Tower until 1217 , when his remaining bonds were returned to him and he and the rest of the Jews of Norwich were given letters of royal protection . |
| 11 | And , without waiting for a reply to his question about whether she gave Morton tacit approval for the book which became the biggest seller in the history of royal publishing , Philip went on to accuse his daughter-in-law of putting the dignity of the Crown at risk . |
| 12 | Between 1233 and 1238 he had charge of royal building work at the great hall of Winchester Castle , besides supervising the installation of windows and pavements at Clarendon Palace , helping to construct a tomb used for the burial of Queen Joan of Scotland [ q.v. ] , and being sent to direct the enclosure of an anchoress in Britford . |
| 13 | Doubts surfaced yesterday over the participation of Royal Athlete in Saturday 's big race . |
| 14 | Prince also to miss whole of Royal Ascot to ‘ rest ’ and recover from recurrent injury , Buckingham Palace said . |
| 15 | The stewards were satisfied that both were accidental and the prized trophy was on its way back to Buckingham Palace on the eve of Royal Ascot . |
| 16 | THE QUEEN Mother yesterday pulled out of her second public appearance in as many days , missing the opening day of Royal Ascot for the first time in recent memory . |
| 17 | The Queen Mother pulled out of her second public engagement in two days cancelling , at the last minute , plans to attend the opening of Royal Ascot . |
| 18 | THE Queen Mother today pulled out of her second public engagement in two days cancelling , at the last minute , plans to attend the opening of Royal Ascot . |
| 19 | The canons themselves provide an indication of royal involvement in ecclesiastical legislation . |
| 20 | Like the Pactus Legis Salicae , the Lex Ribvaria is not directly attributed to any king , but it bears the marks of royal involvement . |
| 21 | Yet the tradition of the Germanic tribes was that judgement should be pronounced by the whole body of freemen , by all the ‘ suitors ’ , all those who had the right and duty of regular attendance at the court ; and the jurisdiction of the old royal and popular courts was cut across here , there and everywhere by the numerous feudal courts erected in increasing numbers on the basis of royal grant or mere usurpation from the ninth century onwards , and in the eleventh and twelfth by the appearance of borough courts and town courts of various kinds and courts which merchants set up to handle their own problems , which could hardly be handled by the warrior president or the yokel suitors of a popular court . |
| 22 | Liverpool 's snooker ace made his admission at the launch of Royal Liver Assurance 's £375,000 sponsorship of the event which starts in Preston next Friday . |
| 23 | Also , being of royal descent from the House of Aragon , her marriage not only demonstrated to all that Rodrigo stood in high favour with the King , but also helped heal the breach between Castile and Leon . |
| 24 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 25 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 26 | In Bethnal Green the spectacle was not one of royal celebration but of fascist confrontation . |
| 27 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 28 | Charlemagne 's throne , which may still be seen in the basilica at Aachen , gave all the kings of western Europe sooner or later the idea of regarding a throne as an essential symbol of royal greatness . |
| 29 | Since Childebert was also one of the two kings involved in the Treaty of Andelot , his reign is a significant one in the history of royal legislation . |
| 30 | Nevertheless it marked the first step — though only that — in the restoration of royal coinage inside West Francia . |