Sentence examples for imperial representative from inspiring English sources

Born into a Moravian landowning family, Belcredi entered the civil service (1842) and became governor of Silesia (1860) and Statthalter (imperial representative) at Prague (1864).

The prejudice, as a programme note reminded us, was that Elgar wrote "more or less boring, old-fashioned oratorios" and pieces in an "overblown, hollow, unbearably imperial representative style".

An opponent of the conservative regime of Prince Metternich, which was toppled in the Revolution of 1848, Schmerling was dispatched to Frankfurt as imperial representative to the preliminary diet of the German Confederation, which was a short-lived attempt to unite all German lands.

While it is true that colonial policy was often formulated in London, it is equally true that Britain could become the greatest power on earth only by delegating power — either to Britons who served as imperial representatives or to local forces intent on doing the empire's bidding.

The polite chatter, British accents and colorful patriotism were a reminder of the days when Britain was the big fish in this town, more than a century ago now, and the British imperial representatives were the people to be seen with — rather than the United States diplomats cloistered in the sprawling American Embassy just around the corner.

Acquiring the titles of imperial vicar (representative of the empire) and signore (lord) of Milan, the Visconti extended their sovereignty over many north Italian cities, arousing the opposition of Pope John XXII, who placed Milan under interdict and went so far as to preach a crusade against the Visconti.

Next week, Imperial Sugar representatives are expected to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, which is considering a similar bill.

At the imperial court, representatives of different local traditions met as competitors for official favour, and the court consequently served as the principal meeting place for the exchange of ideas.

Jean-Baptiste died Friday night following the show's evening performance at the Imperial Theatre, said representative Marc Thibodeau, who called it a "tragic accident".

Pownall eventually decided that the only solution lay in creating an imperial parliament with representatives from both Britain and the colonies.

And the title story suggests another of the book's recurring concerns: the collapse of a structure representative of imperial solidity, grandeur, leisure, prosperity.