Sentence examples for position of honourable from inspiring English sources

With them for a time was the Italian political philosopher Marsilius of Padua, a Paris master who in his Defensor pacis (1324; "Defender of the Peace") outlined a secular state in which the church was a government department, the papacy and episcopate were human institutions, and the spiritual sanctions of religion were relegated to a position of honourable nonentity.

Charles Nicholl, whose acclaimed life of Leonardo was published in 2004, "was supposedly in this rather honourable position of being the last person to talk on the programme".

"It is an honour to be a senator; but the pursuit of that position must be honourable," Mr Feingold declared in a debate recently.

But when such advice has been given, members of the armed forces cannot go behind it". If an officer disagreed with the moral position of the government, the judge said, the honourable thing to do would be to resign.

A couple of honourable mentions for the men.

"It had been like that, with a handful of honourable exceptions, for several hundred years.

The names of honourable exceptions are remembered because they were so few.

"But I know lots of honourable, capable and decent people.

I want to do a roundup of honourable men".

The Africans - with a very small number of honourable exceptions - have merely applauded Mugabe.

He needs to seriously reflect on that – and reflect on whether his actions and attempt to cover them up are consistent with his position as an honourable member of the House of Commons".