Sentence examples for imperial strength from inspiring English sources

Trees, John Evelyn had stressed in his 1664 bestseller Sylva, were the prime source of England's national and imperial strength.

Instead of emphasizing a return to imperial strength, Germany emerged a chastened country with a strong pacifist streak.

The state's ability to control and manipulate bandits through deals, bargains and patronage suggests imperial strength rather than weakness, she maintains.

Spain had lost its last colony in the western hemisphere and the United States gained imperial strength and global presence.

The growing Imperial strength made attacks on the Suez Canal difficult, and ended the dominance of the Ottoman force in the area.

British imperial strength was underpinned by the steamship and the telegraph, new technologies invented in the second half of the 19th century, allowing it to control and defend the empire.

"In particular, the confluence of factors such as proximity to universities like UCL, Cambridge and Imperial; the strength of the fintech sector and global leadership of the local digital media & ad tech sectors means that the 'hard tech', data-driven software ventures targeted by the Open Ocean fund are in increasing abundance".

More so, that we can find our way back to strong imperial and nationalist strength by re-interpreting, even celebrating the first world war.

The Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength.

The underlying problem was not solved: Joseph's foreign policy dictated the expansion of Habsburg influence over German-speaking territories, and only this, he believed, would counter Prussia's growing strength in Imperial affairs.

Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show.' " He entered politics in 1900*, on the strength of his imperial adventures and his family name.