Sentence examples for as a fourth rate from inspiring English sources

It could have been a very different rise to fame for one of the few remaining Lib Dem MPs if his three-piece had not been written off "as a fourth rate New Order" three decades ago.

Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority, sees Smith as "a first rate secretary of state, from a radio point of view.

In a television interview in October 2013, he said it had been "a real delight" working directly with Peña Nieto, who he described as "a first rate guy; intelligent, sensitive, respectful, and friendly".

We hope PEPS will function as a first rate platform for the publication of high-quality articles covering the wide field of subjects of interest to the JpGU.

Many also knew Turner as a first rate political speaker within the epideictic genre of rhetoric.

A multiple First Prize Winner of the Orchestral Conducting Competition of The American Prize, David Bernard has been described by the judges as a "first rate conductor".

Actually, Farnon was born in Canada and moved to England in his middle years where he had a very successful career as a first rate arranger.

It is a phenomenon described by other researchers [ 12] and poses a considerable challenge in maintaining Scotland as a first rate centre for general practice research and development.

Piri piri serves as a first rate marinade for fish fillets, for meat and for poultry.

A year later, what Ziegler had airily dismissed as "a third-rate burglary" had brought America's first presidential resignation and seen 11 of Nixon's closest colleagues, including his attorney general John Mitchell, sent to prison.

She proved to be a gifted writer as well as a first-rate scientist.