Sentence examples for make a lord from inspiring English sources
Amazon has locked down a deal with the J.R.R. Tolkien's estate to make a Lord of the Rings TV series, giving it a "multi-season commitment," Deadline reports.
Amazon has reportedly already dropped hundreds of millions to make a Lord of the Rings TV show and now the company is gearing up to shell out even more.
As previously reported, Ranbir Suri, a businessman and long-term Tory donor, has also been made a lord by Cameron.
In 1696 he was made a lord of the treasury, and his political services were rewarded in 1701 by his being created duke of Argyll.
When he was made a peer in 1962 he chose the title of Baron Sainsbury of Drury Lane, the modest (if theatrical) London street where his grandfather founded the business.He fancied being a politician, and being made a lord was a substitute, if a poor one, for not being elected to the House of Commons.
So a company that funded David Cameron all the way into Downing Street, and whose chairman was recently made a lord, seeks to influence the government on one of the most fundamental issues in British politics, something that affects all of us – and this is business as usual.
On a trivial level, if his partner were made a lord, he says he would never be able to carry the corresponding title.
Amazon is making a Lord of the Rings TV show, but it isn't a straight adaptation of the greatest fantasy series of all time — it's a prequel.
Denning became a judge in 1944 with an appointment to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice and was made a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1948 after less than five years in the High Court.
Acton was raised to the peerage on Gladstone's recommendation in 1869, and in 1892 Gladstone repaid his services as adviser by having him made a lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria.
