Sentence examples for ceremony was opened by from inspiring English sources

The Knesset ceremony was opened by the Israeli president, Shimon Peres.

The ceremony was opened by Coldplay, who gave a colourful, floral performance of their single Hymn For The Weekend, showering the audience with confetti petals as they played on one of two separate stages at London's O2 arena.

The ceremony was opened by Dobriansky followed by a rendition of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".

The ceremony is opened by official guests from the President's administration and Ministry of Labour and Social protection, and local authorities.

Again the royal family attended the ceremony, which was opened by the national anthem of Greece and an ode composed in ancient Greek by George S. Robertson, a British athlete and scholar.

During the seven-hour ceremony, her gown was opened by the Countess of Mar for presiding minister Robert Bruce to pour "a bonny quantity of oil" on "parts of her breast and arm", so anointing her as queen.

The Cenotaph was opened by General John Seely at a public ceremony on 6 November 1920 that included the playing of the Last Post and a two-minute silence.

The pier was opened by Frederick Stanley on 15 June 1885, in a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, school children, the Preston Militia band, and the Order of Mechanics.

A capacity crowd of 80,000 people will watch the ceremony in Stratford, east London, which will be opened by the Queen and watched by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The 2014 Winter Paralympics have been opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a spectacular ceremony.

Inscribed You'll Never Walk Alone, they were opened by Nessie Shankly at a low-key ceremony in August 1982.