Sentence examples for A grandees from inspiring English sources

"The principle is really clear – we don't want a grandees' committee, we want a grassroots process, where people in the communities affected, and the victims who have been so damaged and hurt, can give their views about what needs to happen to ensure it doesn't happen again," he said.

Which is Carlos in a way, minus any pretense of a grandee, to the end.

The son of a postal clerk, he could not be considered a grandee.

One trouble with placing your hopes in a grandee restoration is that earlier grandees made money from newspapers.

Likewise, this isn't the time for a grandee, whatever their merits".

The tall In Harmony chairman, a grandee of English classical music, literally towered over his hosts.

Glyndebourne's John Christie was a grandee landowner married to a soprano.

"It is an 80-year project," says a grandee of the liberal Wafd party, referring to the Brotherhood's origins.

In time, he became a grandee in the most sophisticated and influential black political club in New York City.

Three days later members in South Suffolk defied the party leadership by dishing out the same punishment to Tim Yeo, a grandee.

Otherwise he spent his time investing in real estate in Palm Beach, where he became a grandee of the community.