Sentence examples for dukes instead from inspiring English sources

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A parliamentary committee decided that the two should settle the matter by battle, but at the last moment Richard exiled the two dukes instead: Mowbray for life, Bolingbroke for ten years.

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When people thought of True Grit, they thought of the Duke instead of Portis, and a so-so film instead of a masterpiece.

That does it for the authoritarian Mayor Frank Ducavelli, who wishes that the tabloid headline writers would shorten his name to "the Duke" instead of "Il Duce," as they usually prefer.

In 1919 John Scott decided to sell the island and castle; the local mayor, Alfred Barrow, intervened and the following the year the Duke instead agreed to give the castle and island to the local authorities as a memorial to those who had lost their life in World War I.

In writing his own libretto, he cast off Shakespeare's itinerant duke, focusing instead on Angelo, the deputy left behind to rule in the duke's absence.

But, Dr. Duke found, instead of decreasing in the years after the agency issued guidelines, the average number of side effects rose to 94, as compared to 67 for those whose labels predated the new format.

The Queen had been due to visit the BBC's £1bn headquarters with the duke, but instead carried out the engagement alone.

However, he hopes this will make people rethink sliding a regular condom onto their Thin White Duke and instead take a ride on the Galactic Train to Pleasantville.

When it came time to hand him a place in film history with a side of Lucite, Mr. Reiser said that after much discussion, the NBR had pulled the award for best movie and decided to give it to "Dukes of Hazard" instead.

You are just going to duke it out instead".

"People get the Duke of Edinburgh instead," he said, his deep voice rising above the clatter of the restaurant.

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