Sentence examples for honourable as from inspiring English sources

"Adams has been as honourable as you could hope," said a life-long supporter Ian Hall.

Perhaps the best plan would be to extend to these men the right to call themselves "the honourable", as the younger sons of lords can.

For him, photography is not so much about shooting pretty pictures, but about "being as honourable as possible to capture in a single image the story that a moment wants to tell".

The soundbite advocacy of bishops and pop stars to halve poverty (whatever that means), as honourable as it is, diverts our attention from complexities and constraints facing international agencies, from the realities of our own obligations, and from the sources of inequality.

"Entrust your honourable person, as well as your canvases, your brushes and everything you need in your profession of artist to my emissary," comes the message, from the court of Célestin des Airline-Drues.

Hobsbawm Macaulay Communications took on only clients they regarded as honourable, such as the New Statesman, where its former deputy editor Cristina Odone first met her.

In the light of these results, Bohr informed Darwin, "there is nothing else to do than to give our revolutionary efforts as honourable a funeral as possible".

He has an honourable record as a fiscal conservative (he opposed the prescription-drug benefit, for example).

It is an inventive exhibition and often a pleasure to observe, but it confirms Siena's honourable status as Tuscany's second city.

When the history of the 20th century comes to be written Georgi Arbatov will have an honourable place as a peacemaker.

Instead, he was forced to agree with the Honourable Gentleman – as he called Corbyn carefully throughout, to draw attention to his refusal to join the Privy Council, on which he would become a Right Honourable Gentleman.