Example sentences of "of the united [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It resulted from one group , the republicans , not accepting the oath of allegiance to the royal sovereign of the United Kingdom , a requirement of the constitution of 1922 . |
| 2 | Grim as events might seem , Britain could not contemplate a ‘ massive new immigration commitment ’ which could ‘ more than double the ethnic minority population of the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Others , including myself , believe that non-punitive but truly compensatory damages awarded by the courts of the United Kingdom are preferable to the exorbitance of emotionally-driven jury awards , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Love it or hate it , the South-east does contain 30 per cent of the population of the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The ‘ great debate ’ over the structure of the United Kingdom and the relations of the Celtic nations to the predominant English partner , was likely to be diverted from the outset . |
| 6 | It was achieved in a mood of almost stunned boredom amongst English opinion , confident that the dismantling of the United Kingdom as it had endured since 1707 or 1536 would not in fact take place . |
| 7 | Under this Mrs Thatcher and Dr FitzGerald agreed that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the United Kingdom according to the wishes of its majority , but that ministers from Britain and the Republic would meet regularly to review political and security aspects . |
| 8 | For the remainder of the United Kingdom , this was a time when social or political upheaval seemed comparatively remote , and society appeared relatively orderly . |
| 9 | Another was the comparative economic weakness of the Celtic nations , especially felt with passion in Scotland where a continuous nationalist upsurge from the mid-1960s threatened a major disruption of the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | It was not for that generation to complain if the inhabitants of India and of the dependent colonies took them at their word , albeit a mistaken word : the myth of an Empire exploited by the United Kingdom was a plant which grew in the same soil as the myth of an Empire that alone secured ‘ adequate prosperity ’ to the forty or fifty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | After World War II the Crown in Parliament of the United Kingdom well understood that it could no longer govern the King Emperor 's non-British , any more than his British subjects who were not represented , and could not be represented , in Parliament . |
| 13 | Thereby , in the eyes not only of the United Kingdom but of the world , each of these territories became a sovereign independent state , alias a nation . |
| 14 | Before 1948 we used to pretend that all such countries were just copies of the United Kingdom , except that , in place of the monarch , they had a Governor-General , who , we assured ourselves and them , represented the monarch . |
| 15 | The prescriptive monarchy of the United Kingdom stands constitutionally isolated in a world where some forty independent republics , large and minuscule , trace their historical origin from a period of rule under the British Crown in Parliament . |
| 16 | As Queen of the United Kingdom , visiting India as she might visit France or Israel ? |
| 17 | The situation is in no way affected by the title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , which , against my protest , was attached by Parliament in 1953 to the Crown of the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | So all we have to do is to tell the Governor-General of Canada to behave in relation to his local Parliament exactly as our monarch at home behaves in relation to her Parliament of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 19 | This alteration in the basis of national status was to have devastating consequences for the present and future population of the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | The counterpart is that by its nature it can not be shared with those who by disposition or location are incapable of being represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | • The east coast of America is five time zones to the west of the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | • Saudi Arabia is three time zones to the east of the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | As the recruits recount all sorts of ‘ anglers ’ tales ' about the last eight weeks of training , the Inspecting Officer and Commandant mingle with the visitors , Who have travelled from all corers of the United Kingdom and a few from further afield . |
| 24 | This chapter describes a day in the life of the Royal Hampshire Regiment , in this strife-torn corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | NORTHERN Ireland was one of the most peaceful regions of the United Kingdom last year , according to a government report published yesterday . |
| 26 | The 1948 British Nationality Act renamed them Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies ( CUKCs ) , but the people of Hong Kong retained their right of abode in Britain and during the 1950's were positively encouraged to go to the ‘ Mother Country ’ to fill job vacancies . |
| 27 | They insisted , therefore , that the agreement must have the formal approval of the President and a guarantee that no subsequent action by Congress could invalidate it ; after all , the future security of the United Kingdom was at stake in such a far-reaching agreement . |
| 28 | Until the RAF was carrying atomic bombs , the First Pillar of British grand strategy — the defence of the United Kingdom — depended upon the US Strategic Air Command . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the Child Abduction Act 1984 makes it an offence for any parent or guardian to take or send a child out of the United Kingdom without the consent of any other person who is a parent or guardian of the child . |
| 30 | The essence of the scheme was that British nationality in the United Kingdom was achieved through citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies . |