Sentence examples for act of rank from inspiring English sources

"But for the minister to announce it without the chance for MLAs to properly interrogate the decision is an act of rank cowardice".

So for Trocchi to declare himself the only important Scottish writer in two decades was an act of rank-pulling of the highest order.

As part of the act, the rank of midshipman was replaced with the rank of naval cadet.

US President Barack Obama said terrorists had "once again shown their depravity" while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said it was "an act of horror and rank cowardice".

By special Act of Congress his date of rank was backdated to 16 July 1945, the date of the Trinity nuclear test.

By a special Act of Congress, his date of rank was backdated to 16 July 1945, the date of the Trinity nuclear test.

It is now an act of faith that journalists rank somewhere in between estate agents and Arthur Daley in the credibility stakes.

In Soweto, on the anniversary of an extreme act of violence in apartheid history, rank disappointment about a sporting failure was all there was.

It would be accused of rank hypocrisy now if its next act were to resile from the proposed fifth carbon budget.

In the pre-internet age, the incident was subject to a media blackout in Iran and received scant attention abroad, unlike other acts of carnage that rank alongside it, such as Srebrenica.

On the reverse is a raised circle for engraving the date of the act of gallantry along with the name, rank, and unit of the recipient.