Sentence examples for a system of honours from inspiring English sources

A system of honours courses, modeled on that of the University of Oxford, was initiated at the college in 1922 by Frank Aydelotte, who later became president of the college.

But he does have a system of honour and I wish we could create a language for it.

Later that year, a system of new Rhodesian honours and decorations was created to replace the old British honours.

Napoleon cultivated the loyalty of the nation's wealthy landed proprietors by a system of patronage and honours.

The crown is still the fount of all honour; a system of public nominations simply feeds the craving for recognition in new ways.

Rather, the Mughal system of honours and titles, as well as Mughal-derived administrative terminology and fiscal practices, spread apace despite the deterioration of imperial power.

The public administration committee of the House of Commons is set to look into the matter as well.At his monthly press conference on March 16th, Mr Blair expressed his own exasperation with the current system of honours and party funding.

As the apex of the Canadian system of honours, the Victoria Cross is to be worn before all other Canadian decorations and insignia of orders, including the Order of Merit and the Order of Canada.

Instead of handing out gongs to establishment bigwigs and the super rich, we need a system that honours the selfless acts of people right across our country, celebrating those who serve others and their communities".

Meanwhile, the UK persists with a pre-war system of specialist honours degrees that is essentially unchanged since only a handful of people went to university.

The British and Commonwealth system of battle honours recognises the battle by the award to 55 units of the honour Caen, for participation in the capture of Caen between 4 18 July 1944.