Sentence examples for illustrious old from inspiring English sources

The defence giant Thales acquired the illustrious old Glaswegian firm of Barr and Stroud in 2000.

As a player, Giggs won 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and two Champions League titles with United during his illustrious Old Trafford career.

Expectations at the Hawthorns were massive but the illustrious old boy never met them and the Baggies were relegated from the top flight in 1973.

No doubt they would have liked the idea of God in the attic and the Devil downstairs, and of Blake bumping into illustrious old — meaning ancient — neighbors.

Elsa Berry, who heads the board at Lycee Francais, said it was hard to part with the school's six illustrious old buildings, which sit in two clusters on the Upper East Side and serve 1,000 students.

He was the only child of Cleland and Florence Righter Benedict and a descendant of an illustrious old New York and New England family, which included his ancestor, the second president of Harvard University, Charles Chauncey, and the first mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Lemuel Coleman.

In 1985, new park signage saluted the achievements of the illustrious older brother, Charles.

In fact, Vettel's rise has been so rapid, and at such a young age, that some critics believe that the German, who started in the series in 2007 with the nickname "Baby Schumi" — after his illustrious older compatriot — must still prove his worthiness as a great champion.

The wall separates Manganaro's Hero-Boy -- a renowned, 40-year-old sandwich shop at 492-494 Ninth Avenue, near 37th Street, from the Manganaro Grosseria Italiana (formally known as Manganaro Foods), an illustrious century-old specialty grocery and restaurant at 488 Ninth Avenue.

They have been on an illustrious century-old journey yet what I am struck by is that they are not just celebrating the anniversary.

And the same may be said of this old, illustrious team and the Formula One series itself, Montezemolo said.