1.   The light was fading on the walls of the Imperial city.

2.   Envisioned an imperial city that would rival the capitals of Europe for beauty and magnificence.

3.   However, because of its history and position as the see of St Peter and the imperial city, Rome was without challenge or rival.

4.   The residence of the pope in an ancient imperial city had from the first been fragile.

5.   A concise, attractive volume showing how New York City developed from a land of Indian tribes into the imperial city of today.

6.   A. Morocco, with its ancient imperial cities, exotic souks and Islamic monuments, is a popular tour destination.

7.   After World War I, Wilhelmine Berlin, the imperial city, is breaking up like an ice floe.

8.   Every year, around the summer solstice, this faded imperial city steps back into the limelight.

9.   The imperial city, the industrial city and the informational city converged upon one another like a pileup on the historical time line.