Sentence examples for imperial design from inspiring English sources

Cyprus-Jerusalem became, as a consequence, part of a greater imperial design.

These new borders will be based on ethnicity and religion rather than 100-year-old imperial design.

This "imperial design" thesis, however, makes sense only in 1810, as a way Napoleon might have organized his conquests and not as the motivation for them.

The Jizhou kilns were not subject to imperial design edicts because they made wares for the people rather than the courts, and the objects produced there are playful and experimental; in addition to tortoiseshell there are hawksbill and tiger's fur patterns and spare Buddhist-influenced silhouettes made with leaves and paper stencils.

Milan's strategic importance as the gateway to Italy remained a keystone of Spain's imperial design, and, with war and revolt north of the Alps, Milan served as a critical staging area for men and supplies on the "Spanish road" from Genoa to Lombardy and from there through the Alpine passes to the Rhineland.

"I suspect the first words would be written for them in all honesty," says Dr Simon Foster, a space physicist and another member of the Imperial design team.

CBS contends it has no imperial designs on the plaza.

Porfirian Radio, Imperial Designs, and the Mexican Nation2.

Mistrust and outdated stereotypes persist: Russia is suspected of evil intentions and of aggressive, imperial designs.

So the novel, far from celebrating imperial authority, dismantles it, as does Kipling's 1888 tale of perverse imperial designs, "The Man Who Would Be King".

He was opposed by the Anti-Imperialist League and Mark Twain, who saw in his imperial designs a betrayal of America's founding principles.