Sentence examples for honourable figures from inspiring English sources

Updated at 1.34am GMT 12.53am GMT Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described Mandela as "one of the most honourable figures of our time".

The film's hero, Randle P McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), is not an honourable figure.

Riel is regarded by some as a heroic freedom fighter who stood up for his people in the face of racist bigotry, and those who question his sanity still view him as an essentially honourable figure.

In conclusion: "The ancient and honourable name of Staines".

Living during a corrupt and brutal period of Mexican politics, he stood out as an honest and honourable political figure.

It is a bleak story, yet with an uplifting edge as the wounded Vitelli, essentially an honourable if lonely figure, returns to his club to see that everything is in order and to gee up the performers, who are unaware of what has happened.

"The honourable gentleman quotes the figure of £450,000 because what we're saying is that should be the upper limit for starter homes in London," he said.

"Whitey was a fascinating figure who considered himself honourable," Depp said.

Some in the press make him out to be a figure of fun (an honourable exception was this Spectator editorial).

Today, Ms. Baba Diri is an Honourable Member of the Ugandan Parliament and a central figure of the disability movement in her country.

Honour systems only work with honourable people.