Sentence examples for illustrious to from inspiring English sources

I'm reminded of the scene in Notting Hill where Julia Roberts is being interviewed by representatives of any and every publication, from the most illustrious to the most obscure - the funniest and most far-fetched being Horse and Hound's Hugh Grant.

It's expected that it will take two or three weeks for HMS Illustrious to deliver all of its load.

When the decision was taken to deploy HMS Illustrious to the Philippines it was patrolling for pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Formidables arrival allowed Rawlings to order Illustrious to the advance base in San Pedro Bay, in the Philippines, for a more thorough inspection.

The weather was too bad for Illustrious to rescue the steamer's crew, but she pumped oil overboard to flatten the seas until a tug arrived to rescue the ship on 27 October.

In the sometimes political culinary landscape, Chef Nahabedian is appreciated by all Chicago chefs, no matter what their focus, and her career has been long and illustrious to back up her popularity.

Neither ship was seriously damaged, but Illustrious had to reduce speed to shore up sprung bulkheads in the bow and conduct temporary repairs to the forward flight deck.

It was wrong, he suggested, to reduce an illustrious history to a saga of household intrigues.

I think Sweden would be very pleased to hold their illustrious opponents to a draw, but I sense a 5-1 thrashing for Hodgson's entertainers".

It was well-received at the time and two years later Queen Victoria and Prince Albert headed a list of illustrious subscribers to a fund that aimed to raise money for the casting of the statue in bronze.

The boy wants to play football and he still has part of his illustrious career to go".