(n.) The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.
(n.) The status, title, or dignity of an earl.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Herbert Ross's Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), based on the Terence Rattigan stage play, he won hearts as well as minds with a tender performance as the shy schoolmaster who falls in love with Petula Clark, and in 1972 he gave an extraordinary turn in a cult movie rarely revived now, Peter Medak's The Ruling Class, in which he played a young man who succeeds to an earldom after the ageing incumbent dies in an auto-erotic strangling incident, and reveals that he believes himself to be Jesus Christ.
(2) He was born with, if not a silver spoon, then at least a silver-plated spoon in his mouth, being a scion on his father's side of the Kennedy earldom which used to own Culzean Castle in Scotland, and on his mother's side of a Scottish baronetcy.
(3) Very few boys really bothered about surviving after school because there were family firms or earldoms to take over.
(4) The books tell the story of the bloody battles between the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons led by King Alfred, through fictional character Uhtred, a Northumbrian boy, heir to an earldom, who is captured and raised by the invaders.
(5) Hugh Lowther, the Earl of Lonsdale, has put it up for sale and, with it, the title, Lord of the Manor of Threlkeld (he has an earldom anyway, of course, so he probably doesn't use that very much).
(6) Yet the 14th earl could hardly have made his final return as plain Lord Home of the Hirsel, a humble life peer, without reflecting that after the constitutional disturbance which had enabled him to shed his earldom, and become prime minister, the House of Lords could never be the same again.
(7) On October 23, 1963, Sir Alec signed an instrument of disclaimer of four titles of Scotland - the earldom of Home, the lordship of Dunglass, the lordship of Home and the lordship of Hume of Berwick, one United Kingdom peerage - the barony of Douglas and one British peerage - the barony of Hume of Berwick.
Talbot
Definition:
(n.) A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tata Steel, the owner of Britain’s largest steel works in Port Talbot, is in talks with the government about a similar restructuring for the British Steel pension scheme , which has liabilities of £15bn.
(2) The unions said the government can bypass EU state-aid rules by updating Port Talbot’s blast furnaces and claiming it is investment into research and development, skills, and lowering carbon emissions.
(3) Non-discrimination laws chart Although the decisive manner in which leaders from Silicon Valley and the business community rallied against – and ultimately helped change – the Indiana law marked a major turning point, Talbot conceded that the project itself is unfinished.
(4) They’re peculiarly British but the appeal of the humour and the ever-present message that good people always win is absolutely global.” “These films are a part of British culture and to be carrying on the legacy of [original Carry On writers] Norman Hudis and Talbot Rothwell is a thrill and a responsibility,” said Dawson.
(5) We’ve been going for five years and are doing OK, but we rely on the works.” These are worrying times for Port Talbot’s steelworks.
(6) Tata Steel has halted plans to sell the Port Talbot steelworks and is instead working on keeping its UK business as part of a joint venture with the German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp.
(7) The comments raise the prospect of the government taking an equity stake in the steel business, despite previously ruling out a nationalisation of the sites , which include the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales.
(8) Not much of this wealth is on show on Station Road, Port Talbot’s main shopping street, which shows all the signs of a ghost town.
(9) Tata Steel is increasingly confident about securing a rescue deal for its UK business and the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales, after talks with the business secretary and the Pensions Regulator.
(10) Colin Talbot, an academic and advisor to the Treasury select committee said this would involve 40,000 job losses in the public sector within a year of taking power.
(11) Tata has already said more than 1,000 job would go at Llanwern and Port Talbot in south Wales and Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
(12) The Port Talbot plant is Britain’s biggest steel producer, and one of the biggest in Europe.
(13) Parliament ends up like a theatre and a club, and it shouldn’t be.” Corbyn appeared to single out Eagle as the more rightwing of his two rivals, claiming that as shadow business secretary, she was reluctant to support the idea of state involvement in rescuing the steel sector when the Port Talbot steelworks was put up for sale earlier this year.
(14) But fears are growing for the future of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant, where 1,000 jobs were expected to be lost as part of the turnaround plan.
(15) The smell of fried food wafts from the door of the Docks Cafe, which sits in the shadow of Tata Steel’s sprawling Port Talbot steelworks.
(16) However, the potential buyers are thought to be refusing to provide guarantees about how long they will keep the Port Talbot steelworks open, and want cash from Tata.
(17) Nigel Farage , who was so late to a Ukip pre-conference event in Port Talbot that it ended before he arrived, says his tardiness is nothing to do with his professionalism, but is in fact because of immigrants.
(18) An independent academic, Prof Colin Talbot, of Manchester Business School, claimed today the impact of the Tory efficiency savings could lead to a loss of 100,000 public and private sector jobs.
(19) We also need certainty over exactly what kind of precedent these measures will create and how sure the government is that these arrangements are applicable only to the unique set of circumstances facing the steel industry.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Tata steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales.
(20) She said a full exit would have a “huge impact” on the steel industry’s ability to export to the EU and pointed to the possible effect on automotive firms such as Nissan, which gets 45% of its steel slab from Port Talbot.