Sentence examples for lost its empire from inspiring English sources

Sirah Asif "The show reminds us how the British lost its empire".

Having lost its empire, its factories and mill towns, went Boyle's argument, the nation has found a new identity as the world capital of pop culture.

Alan Watson, a member of the House of Lords, told Reuters the Jubilee was a joyous occasion for many who see the Queen as a symbol of stability: "The country has lost its empire and is no longer in the front rank of power and I really think that change has been enormously eased by her and what she represents".

And yet, in 1953, the year that this icon of British influence first appeared in print in Ian Fleming's thriller "Casino Royale," the country he glorified, Britain, had lost its empire, was reeling from two world wars, which had left its populace economically and emotionally battered, and was suffering from what Simon Winder calls "a sort of paroxysm of national self-loathing".

After France lost its empire in 1962, de Gaulle had opted for decisive rapprochement with Germany.

At the concluding Treaty of Utrecht, Philip renounced his and his descendants' right to the French throne and Spain lost its empire in Europe.

"Winning" the massive conflicts of World Wars I and II financially ruined Britain, causing it to ultimately lose its empire and even its status as a world power.

As Mr Ferguson points out, the conflict ensured that Britain would lose its empire anyway.

Today's Brits have learned to find pleasure in enacting the large historical change that, in Dean Acheson's famous phrase, saw Britain lose its empire but prove unable to find another role.

In 1945 Germany was defeated and in ruins; France was half-starved and humiliated; Britain was bankrupt and on the point of losing its empire; Spain was a backward, isolated dictatorship; and the countries of central and eastern Europe had been absorbed into a Soviet empire.

Spain had lost its entire empire.