Sentence examples for abdication with from inspiring English sources

The American ambassador infuriated the Nepali government this week when he predicted a messy abdication with the king clinging to the wheels of a departing helicopter.

A number of political observers linked the change reflected in Juan Carlos's abdication with the results of the election for the European Parliament held on May 25 , 2014

Adherents will gather in Thimpu later this month for the 4th GNH Conference in Thimpu.Unless parliament votes for his abdication with a 75% majority followed by a referendum, the charismatic king will rule until 2045.

SPORTS, PAGE 12 Editorial Posturing and Abdication With no apology, the Bush administration has made clear it will do virtually nothing in the remaining months of this presidency to regulate the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

He was the ruler who greeted his own forced abdication with the observation that there would soon only be five royal houses left in the world: Britain - then hearts, clubs diamonds and spades.

All too often, it is an excuse for judicial abdication, with "clearly established" being read extremely narrowly.

I always recite the details of Winston Churchill's wilderness years - Ireland, gold standard, general strike, India, abdication - with trepidation.

In order to confuse his enemies, Louis issued a new decree of abdication, hedged with countless provisos, on November 19, 1333; this time he proposed to renounce the throne in favour of his Lower Bavarian cousin Henry.

This abdication coincides with Beatrix's 75th birthday and, if anything, it will enhance her popularity – as many actors and pop stars discover too late, knowing when to stop is a true sign of wisdom.

The action takes place in a dystopian-Mosleyite version of abdication Britain, with some great locations and an eerily ruined Battersea power station for the battle scene – something to compare with Kubrick's use of Beckton gasworks for Full Metal Jacket.

Mr. Paxman enlivens the familiar stories of Henry VIII (and his efforts to sire an heir) and Edward VIII (whose determination to marry his divorced American mistress precipitated an abdication crisis) with his anthropological take on the customs and folkways of the royals.