Sentence examples for old commonwealth from inspiring English sources

Voiceovers are reverential and royal, or in accents from the old Commonwealth.

Heavy chemicals helped to oil the wheels of industry in Britain and the old Commonwealth.

The people from the "old" Commonwealth who will be affected by the new rules are the tiny minority which wants to come here to live and work.

The idea of (the Booker) being Britain, Ireland, the old Commonwealth countries and new voices in English from around the world gave it a particular character and meant it could bring on writers.

In the 1970s there was the potential for schism between the "old Commonwealth" of white, wealthy nations and the new nations, dominated by black African leaders shrugging off the colonial past.

Citizens of common-law states, like Britain and most old Commonwealth states, cannot usually be prosecuted at home for crimes committed abroad, but they can be for sex offences.Most NGOs have codes of conduct, under which the purchase of sexual favours, let alone actual abuse, is strictly banned.

Martin Rogan, the 41-year-old former Commonwealth champion will also fight at the event involving eight boxers in a series of three-round bouts at York Hall, Bethnal Green, on 23 February.

The Australian writer Peter Carey, twice winner of the Booker prize, has criticised the decision to open up the award to Americans for the first time, claiming that the old Commonwealth-only version had a "particular cultural flavour" that would now be lost.

Lisa Dobriskey, the 24-year-old Commonwealth champion, stormed past Glasgow's Susan Scott to confirm her place in Beijing with victory in 4min 15.84sec.

The 29-year-old Commonwealth Games champion will now undergo a B test, the results of which are expected to be known in two weeks.

DeGale's "that ugly ginger kid" taunting of the 23-year-old Commonwealth champion may be wearing a bit thin, but be assured there will be more vitriolic verbals between now and first bell.