Sentence examples for if noble from inspiring English sources

If noble aspirations had been the motivation, most countries would not have joined.

And while that received wisdom was utterly wrong, popular history has long portrayed the early colonial era as a meeting of civilized Europeans and savage, if noble, Indians.

A feature of this RF source is an increase of extracted ion current by up to a factor of four if noble gases are added to the hydrogen discharge.

No wonder Bond didn't want to give it up; the tune is the highlight of this laborious if noble effort.

On the other side, we are being reminded that the EU, even if noble in its original objectives to secure peace in Europe, continues to be flawed in its design, as it does not allow for a transfer (and appropriate balancing) mechanism.

If Noble turned around and sold out to another driller within a year, Noble would have to pass on any gains made to the Smedvig family.

If nobles or freemen were compelled to undergo the ordeal, the poison was typically administered to the accused only after dog and rooster stand-ins had already died from the poison's effects, while among members of the slave class (andevo), the ordeal required them to immediately ingest the poison themselves.

50's constant and irritating voiceover introduces us to his partners in violent-if-always-noble crime: Young Buck ("He's got mad weapons skills"), Lloyd Banks ("Ain't no lock can hold him out") and Tony Yayo.

Soaking up alcohol: one of the eternal, if less noble, purposes of diner cuisine.

Too many poems here proceed as if a noble, soaring subject guaranteed a noble, soaring poem; too often, Jeffers invokes, rather than evokes, the majesty of his coastline.

Our personal challenges (even if for noble reasons like raising money for charity, or for self-development, or goal-setting purposes) are no longer serving a greater good.