Sentence examples for declining imperial from inspiring English sources

"It stopped being the home of justice the day it became the toy of declining imperial powers," he said.

There is no discussion of the role of European colonialism - the only empire considered at any length is the declining imperial system in 19th-century China.

Born Samuel Wilder in Vienna, in 1906, the son of a Jewish restaurateur, he was very much the intellectual product of the declining imperial capital that produced the chilly sexual vision of Arthur Schnitzler and the sardonic journalism of Karl Kraus, whom Wilder greatly admired.

Might not emerging powers regard this as a desperate attempt by a declining former imperial power to maintain its place in the world?

Parts of dismantled attractions seem to be recycled into new ones, which reminds me of Edward Gibbons' observation that, in its decline, imperial Rome's builders cannibalized old monuments to erect new ones.

Royal Filmmaker Chatri Chalerm Yukol may be a prince of the Thai royal family, but he declines the imperial manner, not to mention the silk pants and curly-toed shoes, of Yul Brynner in "The King and I".

A spokesman for Imperial declined to discuss which brands the company might acquire.

When asked to reveal the source of its information, Imperial declined to tell the department.

And that is just at home: abroad Wilson governments kept Britain out of the Vietnam war without sacrificing relations with the US, they marked the old imperial power's declining influence by withdrawing from east of Suez while making international development a serious cabinet post, and they edged towards some kind of rapprochement with the Soviet Union.

A military band played patriotic songs evocative of a time before the decline of imperial power during Elizabeth's reign: "Land of Hope and Glory" and "Rule Britannia".

Editor's note: part 2 of Noam Chomsky's discussion of American decline, "The Imperial Way", will be posted at TomDispatch, and here, Wednesday.