Sentence examples for considerable nobility from inspiring English sources

"Obviously it was an act of considerable nobility for him to offer an apology".

A concert performance or recording would be beyond endurance; as it was, the vivid choreography of soloists and chorus lent considerable nobility to a work otherwise as pretentious as its title.

Despite the tough dealings in which he engaged as the deputy chief whip during those immensely difficult years in which he helped keep Labour in office, there was a considerable nobility to Harrison's personal role.

Somehow, against the odds, defying all fears, Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte, sworn enemies from either side of the Thames, produced a memorable heavyweight contest of considerable nobility to wipe away the rancour that had poisoned not only their relationship but the sport.

But Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto, which was given its world première, with John Browning as soloist, was a different thing altogether — a modern concert work of considerable nobility, containing genuine inspiration as well as a great deal of complex writing of the "architectural" sort.

The administration of the German king Wenceslas of Luxembourg (1373 78) provided a measure of strong government, but generally in the 14th century the local nobility gained considerable power at the expense of the elector and of the formerly free peasantry.

The civil war was a tragedy, for war was not wanted either by Caesar or by Pompey or even by a considerable part of the nobility, while the bulk of the Roman citizen body ardently hoped for the preservation of peace.

The selection of a fortified town as the centre for the new duchy was also an important change from the time in Pannonia, for while urbanized settlements had previously been ignored by the Lombards, now a considerable part of the nobility settled itself in Forum Iulii, a pattern that was repeated regularly by the Lombards in their other duchies.

Like other members of the Anglo-Norman nobility, she bestowed considerable patronage on the Church.

His biography of Dreiser gave the reader an impression of a basic nobility in the subject, amid considerable muddle and folly.

Charles also raised funds from the Scottish nobility, at the price of considerable acrimony, by the Act of Revocation (1625), whereby all gifts of royal or church land made to the nobility since 1540 were revoked, with continued ownership being subject to an annual rent.