Sentence examples for dignitaries present from inspiring English sources

Most tellingly, Mr Ayanu told one of the dignitaries present: "I'm no Kenyan.

NSW premier Mike Bairdand his predecessor Barry O'Farrell were among Australian dignitaries present on stage to welcome Modi.

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright were among the dignitaries present.

It revealed, to the prime minister and other dignitaries present, an enormous tangle of shiny metal pipes.

The effect of the speech in the Bundestag chamber was all the greater because the German leaders and foreign dignitaries present knew these were not the words of a professional speechwriter.

He rushed to Morocco, a traditional rival, for the funeral of King Hassan, and upstaged all the other dignitaries present during an effusive encounter with Israel's prime minister, Ehud Barak.

Wiggins and Cavendish were not the only ones on the podium with their eyes on Florence; among the dignitaries presenting the prizes was the British Cycling president, Brian Cookson, whose lengthy, bitter contest with Pat McQuaid to head the International Cycling Union should – as long as there are not subsequent legal challenges – be decided on Friday.

Mr. Lindsay was fashionably late for banquets, rallies and meetings, but Mr. Beame -- self-effacing, fundamentally shy and courteous to a fault -- arrived on time and was often the first dignitary present.

A number of dignitaries were present.

Given that the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, his wife and dignitaries were present, this error was unexpected, particularly as Netanyahu's brother Yonatan was killed in the raid.

Many foreign dignitaries were present, but most Western leaders stayed away because of Russia's role in Ukraine.