Sentence examples for honourable one from inspiring English sources

I have certainly made my fair share of mistakes in 30-odd years of life as a writer, businessman, parliamentarian and minister but I am prepared to stand on my record as a decent and honourable one - in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere - and to defend it not only before the jury of the courts but before the wider jury of all fair minded people.

They did a deal with the Masai, a fairly honourable one, it seems, compared with what was to follow.

Portsmouth are an exception of sorts, though not perhaps an honourable one, but they only played a Championship team, Cardiff, in the final.

Where abuses are exposed, they can be remedied… The role of the press in exposing abuses and miscarriages of justice has been a potent and honourable one.

Paxman's decision not to write about his immediate family is an entirely honourable one; but although he paints a vivid portrait of his childhood in terms of social milieu, feelings are distinctly absent – as is any deep analysis.

It must be a hard life and a hard working one, but it is a good life and an honourable one, which brings fun and joy to many people.

Mr Rooney himself has nine children, eight of whom survive him.He never won a "proper" Oscar, although he did receive two honourable ones, one as a youngster and one for his body of work.

But the honourable ones are a minority.

Where firms have appointed themselves as executors they will normally stand down without charge if asked, though some less honourable ones may still try to charge their full fee".

Where firms have appointed themselves as executors they will normally stand down without charge if asked, though some less honourable ones may still try to charge their full fee". In one example seen by Guardian Money, a high street bank charged the estate £40,000 simply for distributing £1m held as cash in a deposit account.

"A review of policy will take place any way, irrespective of who wins, and the overall mood in the US is very much focused on the honourable exit," said one senior diplomat in Kabul.