Example sentences of "queen [unc] reign " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lack of taste and the pictorial journalese of his style as a painter merely reflect the galloping decline of the traditional crafts during the Queen 's reign . |
| 2 | The Arts : Mementoes from the royal attic Fascinating insights are to be found among the bric-a-brac in the V&A 's celebration of the Queen 's reign , says Leslie Geddes-Brown |
| 3 | Here , then , seven years into the young Queen 's reign , with the national economy on the upturn , is the typical aspiring Victorian gentleman bearing all the outward signs of success . |
| 4 | Most important of all , however , in creating a greater understanding of and attachment to the Protestant message was the regular use of the Elizabethan Prayer Book , which appears to have experienced a gradual increase in popularity as its ceremonies grew in familiarity over the course of the queen 's reign . |
| 5 | At the start of the Queen 's reign this feature of the London season was still formalized in the presentation of debutantes at Buckingham Palace which was followed by a series of coming-out balls . |
| 6 | In his ‘ Thought for the day ’ , on Radio Scotland , on 29th April , our Minister told of his family 's ‘ drawer ’ , where cherished things were kept , such as ‘ old football programmes , an envelope postmarked on the first day of the Queen 's reign , the autograph of Sir William Smith , founder of the B.B. ’ He explained that such things , if given to us , could be sold to feed the world 's hungry people . |