Sentence examples for roles sir from inspiring English sources

Palin, boyish and dapper, has played hundreds of parts on the television show; in the "Holy Grail" movie he played, among other roles, Sir Galahad, the Lord of Swamp Castle, and the leader of The Knights Who Say "Ni".

Among his other roles, Sir Fred is chairman of The Prince's Trust, a non-executive director of Bank of China Limited and a former president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.

He made a West End debut as Jonathan Kail in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles at the Piccadilly (1947), and joined the Bristol Old Vic (1948) to play his first batch of leading roles: Sir Anthony Absolute in The Rivals, Tybalt, Bottom and Lord Porteous in Somerset Maugham's The Circle.

Among other roles, Sir Nicholas was previously the senior British military representative in Iraq and deputy commanding general of the multi-national force in Iraq from 2005 to 2006.

"I know there are some top-quality candidates waiting in the wings to take over the baton". Among his various government roles, Sir George served as financial secretary to the Treasury from 1994-95 and secretary of state for transport from 1995-97.

Terry Macalister Envoy: CBI experience prepares Sir Digby for new role Sir Digby Jones, the government's new envoy who will oversee efforts to improve skills, is not afraid of controversy.

They are the latest stars to appear in Sky Arts Playhouse Presentsstrandnd, after Emma Thompson, David Tennant, Alison Steadman, Harry Shearer (as President Richard Nixon) and, in his first acting role, Sir Tom Jones.

It featured fewer big names – although in addition to Professor Stephen Hawking's major role, Sir Ian McKellen starred as a version of Prospero from Shakespeare's The Tempest – and eschewed Sir Paul McCartney and the Spice Girls in favour of a tender Antony Hegarty song sung by Birdy and the gospel version of I Am What I Am.

I hate to say this, given the fact that I write about business, but, until today, I couldn't have told who you Citigroup's chairman was, which is partly a sign of my inattention, but also a sign of how minor a public role Sir Win Bischoff that's the guy's name has been playing at the company.

This is not Wimbledon: the Arcadia where Britain would most like to close the door on Perry, who won the last of his three Wimbledon titles in 1936, and who performed for the tennis-loving classes the role Sir Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst enact in football.

I hate to say this, given the fact that I write about business, but, until today, I couldn't have told who you Citigroup's chairman was, which is partly a sign of my inattention, but also a sign of how minor a public role Sir Win Bischoff — that's the guy's name — has been playing at the company.