Sentence examples for rather noble from inspiring English sources

"Then I'd feel rather noble, and she'd feel rather bad and rather guilty.

Two rather noble pheasants flank a wooden sign, while elsewhere a baby chick stands on a drum majorette's spangled hat.

In a ruling on May 12th, the court accepted that a "constitutional deviation" had taken place in pursuit of rather noble objectives, such as economic reform and the bringing to book of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen.

Before tonight's ceremony, Mr. Frayn, the author of plays as disparate as "Copenhagen" and "Noises Off," had suggested wryly that if his wife won the prize, he would "feel rather noble, and she'd feel rather bad and guilty.

Getting here is easy, as the autostrada links Udine, the rather noble capital of the region, with Venice, Treviso and Trieste, all of which have low-cost air links with the UK.

Jane Harrington's Galatea stood out, her soprano creamy and agile, with Oliver Mercer's Acis developing into a rather noble figure, while Cleobury's handling of his forces, small chorus and student chorus in the wings, ensured that Handel's score was subtly realised.

But in the 1940s, manager Ivor Broadis sold himself for rather more noble reasons.

It celebrated, in dancing songs, the poet's love of village maidens rather than noble ladies.

But Pitt's face is pretty, rather than noble, and he doesn't have the right voice for tragic heroism.

Its intrinsic desirability and prestige are cultural counterweights to rather less noble but more relentless drives for money and fame and power for their own sakes.

Being within striking distance does tend to load the tactical incentives in favour of war with your opponent, rather than noble pursuit of tranquility and parliamentary zen.