King's Regulations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The peacetime R.A.F. would not have Bader without legs, but when war began, not even the King's Regulations could hold him back.
From Time Magazine Archive
By King's Regulations an officer under arrest may wear neither sword nor spurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was free, that is, if one disregarded the kit hung about his person, or which, despite King's Regulations, he carried in his hands.
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
It is wonderful what things one can do in the Army which are not according to the King's Regulations.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
"Leave is a privilege and not a right," according to a hack quotation from the King's Regulations.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron
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