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Sentence Examples A fluffy cloud above the majestic Royal Yacht Britannia marks it out as a centre piece. The statuette is made from the alloy Britannia and electroplated in copper, nickel, and silver, then hand-dipped in 24-karat gold. Paul Botterill had given Volunteer an excellent start, but solid scoring from all the Britannia team ensured an emphatic result. Richard, also 23, was a winner at Henley with Molesey in the Britannia Cup coxed fours. I know you dropped it, but the fact that Britannia silver is more pure than regular sterling should do something well for the tone. Britannia Farnworth produced a special show for the television when they hammered Prince Rupert 9-1 in the first round of the Division One Cup. The taps, of copper, silver and Britannia metal, were designed by one of the most important English Arts and Crafts metalworkers, Nelson Dawson. Britannia footbridge has been lifted into place and the cable stays are being fitted to support the bridge. In 1997, Liam and Patsy were rock royalty, crowned on the cover of Vanity Fair in a hail of Cool Britannia bluster. In the country they dress it up with an anthropomorphic bedtime dolly, turning Cool Britannia into an Edwardian whatnot. Another chance to see the spectacular gladiatorial combat re-enactment by the gladiators of Britannia. The Airline Group consists of British Airways, British Midland, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, Monarch Airlines, Britannia Airways and Airtours. Although the use of the Britannia silver standard was not compulsory after 1720, it is still an authorized alternative. That is why there is no place in Cool Britannia for the people and culture of the countryside. During a fallow period in my research in Bolivia I worked in La Britannia, Bolivia's only British pub. The Last Night of the Proms tomorrow has dropped some of the rousing anthems associated with it, including Rule, Britannia! The community was perfused with creative release, a celebration enfusing Brit Pop, Cool Britannia and renewed exploration of the human spirit. The Farthing Office was a part of the Mint and Charles II had introduced, in 1672, the copper half-penny and farthing with the Britannia type. An American couple, circuiting the perimeter, had just visited HMS Britannia. It was good to be a bowyer in this part of Britannia, where oak and walnut rubbed shoulders with massive Yew trees. Show More Sentences Astoundingly, this tutelary relationship between Britannia and Hibernia was represented on the notes of two Irish banks in the nineteenth century. A familiar sight, almost opposite Bedford Hospital, is the Britannia Works archway, the area behind which has been wasteland for at least ten years. We were herded into a chilly waiting room waiting for the Britannia to be refueled. Appleby also designed medals and a group made between 1972 and 2005 from various metals including steel, gold, silver, and Britannia silver is on display at the exhibit. Los Angeles Times Sacha Baron Cohen Plays Hilarious Prank On bafta Britannia Awards Audience. A 2006 Britannia silver coin, appropriately struck in Britannia silver, sparkles in an elegant presentation case to make a wonderful gift for a new arrival. It has a Belfast sink, a Britannia stainless steel range, a Gaggenau American fridge-freezer, a built-in Neff dishwasher and an Amana wine cooler. They should be able to make the kind of radical, irreverent cinema that Anderson himself created in a biting, bilious state of the nation diatribe such as Britannia Hospital. Like her friend, she has downshifted into a Cool Britannia lifestyle. And with weathermen predicting no real end in sight, thousands are already planning on bidding farewell to too-cool Britannia in favour of continental hot spots. In 1998 training programmes consolidated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, now at Dartmouth, thus vacating Osborne House. Ceremonial Maundy money and bullion coinage of gold sovereigns, half sovereigns, and gold and silver Britannia coins are also produced. Laver cultivation as food is thought to be very ancient, though the first mention was in Camden's Britannia in the early 17th century. Following suppression of Boudica's revolt, the Romans simply administered the territory as part of Britannia. Hors De Combat was an easy winner at Newmarket last time out and might just be underestimated in the Britannia Stakes. The Britannia watermark has been widely used in papermaking, usually showing her seated. Britannia is depicted in the Brit Award statuette, the British Phonographic Industry's annual music awards. Examples of this type include Britannia, Germania, Hibernia, Helvetia and Polonia. Augustine of Canterbury and to the first century Roman province of Britannia. Under Claudius, the empire invaded Britannia, its first major expansion since Augustus. Show More Sentences King George was in favour and presented a trophy to the Royal Yachting Association, naming it The Britannia Cup. The Britannia Cup was first won in 1951 by Taisser IV and Group Captain R J S Barton. Pax Britannia ended in 1914, with the War to End All Wars, at least until the next one, and Europe, with trenches and artillery, was laid waste. The sandcastle competition, organised by Great Yarmouth Tourism, will be held near the Britannia pier. Among the airlines discussed are Britannia, BOAC, DAN Air, and British Airways. On January 20, 1969, John took off in his purpose-built, self-righting rowboat the Britannia. Sunderland flying boats paid an aerial tribute as the Royal Party left the Haven on the Royal Yacht Britannia. But cruets were by now in huge demand and some of them were electroplated nickel silver while others were electroplated Britannia metal. Britannia is a national personification of the United Kingdom, originating from Roman Britain. Britannia is symbolised as a young woman with brown or golden hair, wearing a Corinthian helmet and white robes. Up until 2008, the lion symbol was depicted behind Britannia on the British fifty pence coin and on the back of the British ten pence coin. Britannia was used by the Romans from the 1st century BC for the British Isles taken together. By the help of these discoveries, Angle culture in the age preceding the invasion of Britannia can be pieced together. The remaining troops in Britannia elevated a succession of imperial usurpers. In 410, the Roman civitates of Britannia rebelled against Constantine and evicted his officials. From Britannia comes an indication of the prosperity which freedom from taxes could bring. Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment for the navy, located at Dartmouth, Devon. Britannia Inferior extended as far north as Hadrian's Wall, which was the northernmost border of the Roman Empire. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia left the city to oversee the transfer of Hong Kong in 1997, which marked for many the end of the empire. It has been suggested that the Roman province of Britannia had four archbishops, seated at London, York, Lincoln and Cirencester. Show More Sentences Similar to the shore forts, the fortress was built to protect Britannia from raiders. In the Roman province of Britannia, Saint Patrick was captured and enslaved by Irish pirates. The Brit Award statuette given to the winners features Britannia, the female personification of Britain. By the 1st century BC, Britannia came to be used for Great Britain specifically. In the 2nd century, Roman Britannia came to be personified as a goddess, armed with a trident and shield and wearing a Corinthian helmet. Over time, Albion specifically came to be known as Britannia, and the name for the group was subsequently dropped. The Roman conquest of the island began in AD 43, leading to the establishment of the Roman province known in Latin as Britannia. People living in the Roman province of Britannia were called Britanni, or Britons. Britannia was soon personified as a goddess, looking fairly similar to the goddess Minerva. British power, which depended on a liberal political system and the supremacy of the navy, lent these attributes to the image of Britannia. Britannia became a very potent and more common figure in times of war, and represented British liberties and democracy. The halfpennies issued during the reign of Queen Anne have Britannia closely resembling the queen herself. Slaves were drawn from all over Europe and the Mediterranean, including Gaul, Hispania, Germany, Britannia, the Balkans, Greece. Britannia had large deposits of precious metals, fertile soil and vast forests, which made it economically attractive to the Romans. Welsh historical sources report that Maximus reorganized the defence of Britannia before departing for Gaul. At its peak, the Roman army in Britannia probably comprised 35,000 to 40,000 men. In the first four decades after the invasion of 43, four legions were stationed in Britannia. Later, authors like Geoffrey of Monmouth used the terms Britannia minor and Britannia major to distinguish Brittany from Britain. On Saturday 16 November 2013, Britannia Seaways caught fire in the North Sea, trapping 32 crew on board. At the start of the 5th century, Britannia was part of the Western Roman Empire under Honorius. Show More Sentences The Cohors Primae Cornoviorum was the only recorded native British unit known to have served in Britannia. Thousands of Roman businessmen and officials and their families settled in Britannia. Britannia became one of the most loyal provinces of the Empire until its decline, when Britannia's manpower was diverted by civil wars. In November 2010, Sheen received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. During the 1950s they were a major English manufacturer of civilian aircraft, known for the Freighter, Britannia and Brabazon. From before Roman times, slavery was normal in Britannia, with slaves being routinely exported. The Romans invaded Britain again in 43 CE, and Hampshire was incorporated into the Roman province of Britannia very quickly. He continued to collect materials and to revise and expand Britannia throughout his life. Camden's Britannia remained a standard and highly regarded authority for many years after his death. Dartmouth is also the home of the Britannia Royal Naval College and as a result is routinely visited by sizeable naval ships. Late in AD 367, the Roman garrisons in Britannia collapsed as the Germanic barbarians poured into the region from all directions. Before the end of Roman rule in Britannia, many Saxons and other folk had been permitted to settle in these areas as farmers. The Roman frontier between Britannia and Pictland is likely to have increased the split. The future emperor Pertinax was sent to Britannia to quell the mutiny and was initially successful in regaining control. Britannia apparently avoided these troubles, although increasing inflation had its economic effect. Modified versions of Roman garden designs were adopted in Roman settlements in Africa, Gaul, and Britannia. This mark of Imperial favour was probably a recognition of Eboracum as the largest town in the north and the capital of Britannia Inferior. In 296 Britannia Inferior was divided into two provinces of equal status with Eboracum becoming the provincial capital of Britannia Secunda. On a mount triangular, as the island of Britain itself is described to be, we seat in the supreme place, under the shape of a fair and beautiful nymph, Britannia herself. Julius Caesar mustered 800 to 1,000 sailing boats, five legions and some 2,000 horses at Calais due to its strategic position to attack Britannia. Show More Sentences Britannia Hotels is on the A538 in Hale near the A5144 junction. After leaving school Mrs Gledhill worked at several mills in the Golcar area, including BMJ Whitwams on Britannia Road as a numberer and apprentice mender. Perhaps the best analogy is that Britannia is to the United Kingdom and the British Empire what Marianne is to France or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Shovell had to move his flag to Kent, owing to the damage to his flagship Royal William, while the damage to Britannia, Russell's flagship, caused his division serious delay. Already, while alive, he received the widespread private worship of a living Princeps and was worshipped in Britannia in his own temple in Camulodunum. In 175, a large force of Sarmatian cavalry, consisting of 5,500 men, arrived in Britannia, probably to reinforce troops fighting unrecorded uprisings. Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland north of their province of Britannia, beyond the frontier of their empire. In 1577, with the encouragement of Abraham Ortelius, Camden began his great work Britannia, a topographical and historical survey of all of Great Britain and Ireland. The Caledonian Britons were enemies of the Roman Empire, which was the occupying force then administering most of Great Britain as the Roman province of Britannia. Back in the late 1800s, it was not uncommon for the crowds at Glasgow's Britannia Panopticon to throw rivets, nails and even horse manure at the performers. Moreover, the troops tied up in Britannia were increasingly needed on the continent to defend the Rhine and Lower Danube from Germanic and Dacian attacks. To compensate the Western court for the loss of Gaul, Hispania, and Britannia, Theodosius ceded the diocese of Dacia and the diocese of Macedonia to their control. Stilicho recalled troops from Britannia and the depth of the crisis was shown when he urged all Roman soldiers to allow their personal slaves to fight beside them. Building the wall began in AD122 by Emperor Hadrian to define the boundary between the Romanised province of Britannia to the south and the unconquered lands to the north. The last, Constantine III, raised an army from the remaining troops in Britannia, invaded Gaul and defeated forces loyal to Honorius led by Sarus. According to sources such as the History of Bede, after the invasion of Britannia, the Angles split up and founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia. Camden's Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine was a collection of themed historical essays, conceived as a more popular companion to Britannia. After the withdrawal of the Roman legions from their province of Britannia in 410, the inhabitants were left to defend themselves against the attacks of the Saxons. Since the 3rd century, Britannia had been divided into four provinces. The academy where initial training for future Royal Navy officers takes place is Britannia Royal Naval College, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon. Show More Sentences However, the term Britannia persisted as the Latin name for the island. The Royal Standard is also flown from aircraft and water vessels, including HMY Britannia and MV Spirit of Chartwell during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Initially, the Gask Ridge and the Stanegate, with their chains of Roman camps and watchtowers, marked the northern boundary of Britannia from the 1st to the 2nd century. In the 90s New Labour tried to trendify it with the Cool Britannia campaign, but all that groovy retro 60s vibe was just so laughably Austin Powers. His work on the series brought him major commercial success along with accolades, such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Britannia is historically important from a mining technology viewpoint because it was the first mine in BC to successfully employ froth flotation. Hughes also plans talks this week with wantaway Frenchman Steven Nzonzi in an attempt to persuade him to stay at the Britannia and sign a new deal. Britpop groups brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British cultural movement known as Cool Britannia. Over the next few years the province of Britannia was formed, eventually including the whole of what later became England and Wales and parts of Scotland. Britpop groups brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British cultural movement called Cool Britannia. Londonium was an ethnically diverse city with inhabitants from across the Roman Empire, including natives of Britannia, continental Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Britannia was part of this until 274 when Aurelian reunited the empire. They include the Britannia Building Society which is based in Leek. A STOKE City fan is asking Liverpool fans at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday to help pay tribute to his father as he recovers from life-saving brain surgery. The cool britannia mood of 1997 had looked forward in eager and largely misplaced optimism to the New Labour future. Examples from Classical Literature We'll have Columbia and Britannia and all her colonies, in a sort of entente cordiale. The question whether the Britannia had been wrecked on the shores of Chili or Araucania was decided in the negative. From Osborne and Britannia days sincerity seems to have been inculcated into them. The Huddersfield team will face Britannia AFC of Tadcaster in the last four after scoring a 5-2 victory over Toller in the quar ter-finals. I looked up wildly to avoid the blow, and saw above us the great bulk of Britannia leaning outward like the figurehead of a ship. Or, if you prefer a female figure, what say you to Britannia with the trident? But the bruisers from the Britannia Stadium still have to play Manchester United and Chelsea. Chico deftly flicked home a 52nd-minute equaliser at a wind-swept Britannia Stadium to cancel out Peter Crouch's 17th-minute opener. What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia? Where's the Britannia metal as I gave thirteen-and-six for seven year ago? This is the Britannia Metal which was widely electro-plated and used for items such as tea services in the 19th century. Britannia is the humble, obedient servant of papal Hibernia. And so, you see, Britannia Rules the Wave, and all that sort of thing. Ian Evans, prosecuting, said Hammond assaulted 19-year-old Andrew Shaw at the bar of the Britannia pub in the village. Landlady Lyn Anderson was horrified to find the seven foot long picture attached to the chimney stack of the Britannia Inn, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Why can't the Rule Britannia mob give their jingoism a rest? Bloomer retired as a player in the summer of 1914, just before his fortieth birthday, and shortly afterwards moved to Germany to coach a team called Britannia Berlin. Find more words! 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