Example sentences of "of [art] queen ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff 's declaration alleged that he was owner of the Queen 's Theatre , that he had contracted with Johanna Wagner , a famous operatic singer , to perform exclusively in the theatre for a certain time and that the defendant , owner of a rival theatre , wishing himself to obtain Miss Wagner 's services ‘ knowing the premises and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff … enticed and persuaded [ her ] to refuse to perform . ’ |
| 2 | Somewhat older than Piffetti , more sober in his tastes , this cabinet maker 's decoration of the queen 's Oratory ( 1732–34 ) is exceptionally handsome . |
| 3 | The elder Despenser was left in charge at Bristol , but on the approach of the queen 's forces , who had now been joined by a group of northern magnates led by Henry Percy of Alnwick and Thomas Wake of Liddel , he surrendered and was tried and sentenced to death . |
| 4 | In view of the Queen 's reactions it is little wonder that Lord Clarendon , the Foreign Secretary , should have half-jokingly accused the Emperor of ‘ making love to her ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ As a mother , I am keenly aware of the queen 's fears for her elder son at this time . |
| 6 | Secondly , there are offences intended to prevent anyone wrongly claiming to have supplied goods to the Queen ( or to anyone else ) or wrongly claiming royal approval , e.g. by displaying an emblem resembling that of the Queen 's Award to Industry . |
| 7 | We are especially pleased to be one of only twelve winners of The Queen 's Award for Environmental Achievement , a new award introduced in 1993 in recognition of outstanding contribution to environmental improvement . |
| 8 | Our Catalytic Systems Division was one of the first winners of The Queen 's Award for Environmental Achievement . |
| 9 | Oldman was appointed CB in 1952 and CVO in 1958 ( the latter in recognition of his services as honorary curator of the queen 's music library ) . |
| 10 | On the upper mezzanine floor , and close to the staff lift that serves both the back of the Queen 's bathroom and the King 's wardrobe , a spare room has been turned into a trunk room . |
| 11 | The ceiling of the Queen 's bathroom , set in ivory and painted by Maurice Greiffenhagen . |
| 12 | A spokesman for The Sun later confirmed : ‘ We wish to make it absolutely clear that the tape of the Queen 's message was obtained through a BBC employee . ’ |
| 13 | At the Council in the Marches of Wales the line between the duties of the Queen 's Attorney and the Queen 's Solicitor was only very faintly and uncertainly drawn . |
| 14 | Of all the letters sent out each year inquiring , disingenuously , whether ‘ this mark of the Queen 's favour ’ would be acceptable ; only about a dozen get a negative reaction . |
| 15 | If so , it will be the only privately owned business , outside the cheap souvenir trade , to make use of the Queen 's likeness on its products . |
| 16 | Neele took extraordinary pride in the smooth operation of the Queen 's journeys . |
| 17 | Norman Hartnell , who began the business in 1923 with his sister , designed the majority of the Queen 's wardrobes for state occasions and foreign tours until his death in 1979 . |
| 18 | On entering Queen 's College , Oxford , with a history scholarship in October 1940 , Keyes embarked on a fruitful friendship with the future winner of the Queen 's gold medal for poetry , John Heath-Stubbs . |
| 19 | The winner of the Queen 's gold award for the best architectural projects of the year , Mr. Stansfield Smith — for Hampshire county council schools as it happens , an authority that is proud of local provision by an in-house organisation — has described the programme as being as much about ’ cheap politics as about cheap buildings ’ . |
| 20 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 21 | Her children denounced ‘ the brute ’ ; her household reacted to his familiarities with jealous rows , though her private secretary , Sir Henry Ponsonby [ q.v. ] , called him ‘ a child of nature ’ , arguing that in view of the queen 's loneliness , they might have done worse . |
| 22 | He dreams of the Queen 's perfumes but awakes , gagging , in a pigsty . |
| 23 | John Knox , at the time of the queen 's return established as minister of St Giles , denounced her religious compromises from the pulpit and in a series of interviews endeavoured to persuade her to give up her idolatrous views , regretfully concluding that she was ‘ indurate against God and his truth ’ . |
| 24 | Not only was the chart a perfect picture of a fire with consequences way beyond structural damage , but the repetition of the Queen 's horoscope made clear that this was an event targeted at the heart of the monarchy . |
| 25 | Diana 's Christmas plans are also clearly in defiance of the Queen 's wishes . |
| 26 | In 1972 he was appointed assistant Private Secretary to The Queen ; in 1982 he was given a knighthood , and on the retirement of Lord Moore of Wolvercote in 1986 , he was appointed Private Secretary to The Queen , and Keeper of The Queen 's Archives . |
| 27 | Their royal nextdoor neighbours simply fitted in to a social landscape of friends and acquaintances who included the children of the Queen 's land agent , Charles and Alexandra Loyd , the local vicar 's daughter Penelope Ashton , and William and Annabel Fox , whose mother Carol was Diana 's godmother . |
| 28 | Director Edward Mirzoeff filmed a year of the Queen 's working life and the cameras also captured intimate family moments — a party after Princess Eugenie 's christening , a dance at Balmoral and the Queen relaxing with her grandchildren . |
| 29 | Eleven years later , perhaps on Chaloner 's recommendation , Lythe entered the service of the queen 's deputy in Dublin , Sir Henry Sidney [ q.v. ] , at a time when disorders in Ireland had created a demand for new official maps of the country . |
| 30 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |