Sentence examples for accession the from inspiring English sources

Shortly after Edward's accession, the German embassy in London sent a cable personally to Hitler.

Almost immediately upon Leo's accession, the empire's fortunes improved markedly.

With Malcolm's accession the Celtic rule of the monarch of Scone came to an end.

At his accession, the average Bhutanese died at 40 after a life of uneased toil.

Soon after his accession, the king called Richard Wagner to Munich.

At Marcus' very accession the Parthians turned aggressive, and he sent Verus to defend Roman interests (162).

Upon her accession, the War of the Austrian Succession (1740 48) erupted, challenging her inheritance of the Habsburg lands.

While the Slovene government insists that it supports Croatia's NATO accession, the Party of the Slovenian Nation, a nationalist Slovene group, is racing to gather 40,000 signatures necessary to hold a referendum on Croatia's entry bid.

But to win a referendum on EU accession, the government has to convince the public that the conditions ultimately agreed really are the best we could negotiate.

And then, in 1992, on the 40th anniversary of her accession, the Queen allowed us to glimpse her private feelings by describing her year as an 'annus horribilis'.

The action on the amendments represents "a significant step back in the fight against corruption and breaches commitments Romania has taken upon accession," the report said.