Sentence examples for honour granted from inspiring English sources

NEXT week Barack Obama will take the oath of office as elected president of the United States for the second time an honour granted only to 16 men before him.

The 57-year-old chose to give up the honour, granted in 2006, rather than face the prospect of being stripped of it – as Fred Goodwin, the former boss of RBS was last year.

Under the watchful management of co-founders Ory Okolloh, Juliana Rotich, Erik Hersman and David Kobia, Ushahidi has fast become a darling of the open web movement and only last week Okolloh received the prestigious Monaco Media Prize, an honour granted in the past to no lesser names than Jimmy Wales and Lawrence Lessig.

In addition to his ministerial position Home was appointed to membership of the Privy Council, an honour granted only selectively to ministers below cabinet rank.

This allowed military personnel to march through the borough in full uniform, an honour granted by the council in light of 2000 being the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the 85th anniversary of the opening of RAF Northolt.

"The prestigious title of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour granted to these two enthusiastic and committed women also recognizes the significance of children's rights and the quality of the work accomplished by UNICEF," concluded Mr. Hintzy.

In 142 141 bce Simon forced the Syrian garrison on the Akra to surrender, and the Jews passed a decree in his honour, granting the right of permanent incumbency to Simon and to his successors, until "an accredited prophet" should arise.

All these classes of arms share one feature whatever their origin: they are hereditary honours granted to American citizens by other countries.

In the Aegean, he retained a number of islands, but, in spite of honours granted him, he refused to become embroiled in the wars of the Greek states.

Perhaps the almost automatic honours granted to such jobs – bestowed as if they were part of the role's terms and conditions – would be fine if gongs were reserved for public service.

These represent the battle honours granted by King George V and commemorate Australia's contributions to the following battles: Landing at Anzac (Gallipoli), Sari Bair, Rumani, Gaza-Beersheba, the North Sea, the Cocos Islands, Megiddo, Damascus, Villers Bretonneux, Amiens, Mont St Quentin, the Hindenburg Line, Ypres, Messines, Pozieres and Bullecourt.