However, the use of "saint" as a title for an individual who had led a good and exemplary life or who had been martyred began to develop in Christianity.
The cast acquits itself with exemplary good humor.
Other lenders are likely to move in, but good government and exemplary macroeconomic behaviour will be required.The economic indicators are good.
PricewaterhouseCoopers' swanky new building next to Boris Johnson's office is a good example – this exemplary green structure may have been completed before the Olympics even started but don't forget that the Games were nearly a decade in the planning.
Now, at long last, we finally have some good news: that exemplary schools need not be isolated islands, but with vision, dedication and carefully constructed strategies, can become the norm rather than the exception.
Here is a superbly intelligent man, dignified and persuasively presidential, a good communicator, an exemplary "family man", remarkably scandal free; he knows the US constitution, he was and is strongly supported by the other party.
Much as it's easier to write a memorable negative review than a memorable positive one, so it is often easier to create a charismatic evildoer than an exemplary good guy.
The advisory firms have yet to weigh in but the bank is facing a highly unconventional challenge from the Sequoia Fund, a rare financial entity with a long-term reputation for good returns and exemplary conduct.Sequoia broke its usual silence last month to urge the ousting of James Johnson, the board member chairing Goldman's compensation committee.
Although I became more familiar with it, I never got past the point where I didn't find myself frustrated with something in its interface, even while I marvelled at the hardware quality (the video playback, for example, is exemplary; good work, hardware engineers).
Ten young boys, each of whom is in a gang, yet not old enough to shave or drive, fidgeted in their chairs and taunted one other as a yellow-robed monk tried to teach them how to be good students and exemplary Buddhists.
