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The Glorious Revolution had subordinated the king to Parliament, however, and Parliament’s authority in the empire was unclear.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

He had subordinated detail to mass and form, and his designs not only were accepted but assured him overnight of a good living.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, successive British Governments of both parties had subordinated national necessities to a desire to evade a material increase in taxation, and now at last our Mediterranean Squadron were compelled to face the inevitable.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by Le Queux, William

Unwittingly the old gentleman had subordinated the whole arrangement of his ceremonious visitings and of his wardrobe to the active and lively suggestions of Miss Eliza.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various

In that inner court we noticed how cleverly Faville had subordinated the architecture so that it should modestly connect the great central courts.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)