Sentence examples for backbone of empire from inspiring English sources

As Suleyman rightly suggests, "standardisation is the backbone of empire".

The armies, whose victories had provided the backbone of the empire, felt that they were being shunted aside in favour of the Chinese they had subjugated.

Now the magazine is changing its subscription model, adding a tiered plan to what has long been considered the financial backbone of Time Inc.'s magazine empire.

Is this an end-of-empire moment?

To me, it smacks of Empire.

The era of empire is finished".

base of Empire State Building — Day".

Was this the first day of empire?

Irony in the Age of Empire.

For details, see Oba, Nomads in the Shadow of Empire.

For reasons of empire.