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
In making out travelling claims," I said, producing the appropriate Army Form, "care should be taken to comply with the instructions contained in the King's Regulations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 by Various
A better-hearted companion and a kinder man one could not meet, and regarding the intricacies of "King's Regulations" and such-like things, he was a past master.
From An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Orpen, William, Sir
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
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