British Empire

Example Sentences

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This wasn’t a partition under the aegis of the British Empire: It happened 24 years after the British left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

In 2004, she was made a Dame of the British Empire.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The family history is enmeshed with the British Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Welsh was not an institutionalised or official language so it wasn't considered a suitable medium for education during the Victorian heyday of the British Empire.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

In Britain and the British Empire the Gregorian calendar, the calendar we use now, was introduced by law in 1752.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton