Sentence examples for honours of from inspiring English sources

"Meeting him was one of the great honours of my life.

She was showered with honours of every kind, including more than 40 honorary doctorates.

Cameron says one of the great honours of his life was meeting Mandela in his office in South Africa.

In a way, the honours of this gutter-battle went to that skilled old Ukrainian fishwife on the platform.

Last night Cabinet Office sources added it was not intending to look at the honours of other individuals involved in the banking crisis.

As Labour enters the transition from opposition to government, quangos, Royal Commissions, cocktails in Downing Street and the honours of Her Majesty all beckon.

She was eventually appointed a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, and received the rarer honours of Order of Merit and Companion of Honour.

Collectively known as the Honours of Scotland, the jewels include the crown, an elaborate sword and a sceptre, which all date from the 15th and 16th centuries.

He was appointed a deputy chief constable in 2005 in Gloucestershire and was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the New Year's Honours of 2009.

In 2008 he was awarded one of the highest honours of the Venezuelan government, the Gran Cordón of the Orden del Libertador.

In many places, especially a corner of south-west London, they are still reviled as Franchise FC, a plastic football club among the concrete cows who claimed the birthright and honours of another.