Sentence examples for world imperial from inspiring English sources

Having painted one-quarter of the world imperial red by the end of the 19th century, the Edwardian adventurer looking for his next expansive frontier was obliged to look upwards rather than outwards.

And, in his latest work of fiction, the sense of signature is increased by the fact that the book is a return to an earlier world: Imperial Bedrooms, his seventh novel, is a sequel, quarter of a century on, to his bravura 1985 debut, Less than Zero.

Goslar is a picturesque old-world imperial city situated on the northern fringe of the Harz range.

Narrative or "story" dance, with its old-world, imperial associations, has long been regarded with a certain condescension.

On the opposite bank, Trinity College of Music, divinely housed in old-world imperial splendour at the Old Naval College in Greenwich.

Fukushima, which means "fortunate island," erected its first plant — the one struck by the tsunami — on the former site of a Second World War imperial air base.

You couldn't ask for a more gracious introduction to the exotic world of Imperial Japan than the stately historical novels of I. J. Parker.

Royal Academy, London, until 29 January Drawing the Line An investigation of how maps have shaped the modern world from imperial geography to Google.

Conservatives began drawing up steroid-fueled plans to reorder the world a decade ago, imperial blueprints fantastical enough to make "Star Wars" look achievable.

Finally, the questions debated so hotly and so violently 40 years ago resonate loudly today: questions about America's role in the world, about imperial overreach, about the folly of guns and butter and about war's hideous legacy.

More compelling, however, is the exhibition's look at patronage, a narrative that unfolds across three centuries, detailing which gifts were chosen for the world's imperial households when gold and diamonds simply wouldn't do.