Noun used with modifier

• mint: My granny Beattie, seemed to carry a perminent packet of mint imperials in her pinny pocket.

• crown: They should be planted to a depth of 6in / 15cm in a dryish soil - crown imperials will not thrive in wet soil.

Modifies a noun

• majesty: Vain to protest against the imperial majesty of Rome!

• throne: Yet O, imperial throne, I bought thee dear!

• palace: What would the German emperors of the Middle Ages be without their cathedrals and their imperial palaces?

• gallon: The spare wheel is held in a secure cradle beneath the boot / gasoline tank which holds 10 imperial gallons.

• cult: There is far more evidence from the province of Britain for homage to the Emperor than for the imperial cult.

• dynasty: Either way, the result was a new imperial dynasty: the Flavians.

Used with adjective complement

• use: Yet both the Government and the news media usually communicate with the public using imperial.

• convert: Shoppers are frequently unable to compare the prices of similar products without using a calculator to convert imperial into metric.

• comprise: Delhi The bustling capital of India is a city of two centers, comprising imperial Lutyens architecture and numerous monuments to the Moghul empire.

• look: This looks more imperial than cosmopolitan and more power political than liberal.