Sentence examples for secure honours from inspiring English sources

The South African added: "I'm looking forward to repaying the club's faith in me and my ability and will do all within my power to help Middlesex secure honours in the very near future".

He completed both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's qualification in science, securing Honours in both mathematics and physics, finishing his studies in 1937.

Thompson has not lost his anti-establishment streak, and has been unwilling to curry favour to secure the honour of lighting the Olympic flame.

They now have three months to buff up their credentials and announce cultural programmes sufficiently glittering to secure the honour, which is predicted to bring investment and tourism – but comes without a penny of government funding.

Referring to allegations of Qatari wrongdoing in its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup, he said: "it is also additionally embarrassing that our capability - as Arabs - to dominate newspaper headlines is confined to accusations based on recently leaked documents and letters showing that Qatar paid large sums of money to secure the honour of hosting the World Cup in 2022.

Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who had finished second behind James in MVP voting in three of the previous four seasons, finally secured that honour.

Yet, the Apollo 11 was actually Armstrong's second (though last) spaceflight; his Air Force pilot credentials meant he also secured the honour of becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space, acting as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966.

After attaining three medals in her first two open events (in the USA and Germany), the 18-year-old secured another honour in Korea after defeating the much fancied world number five Veronica Calabrese in the final 32, before victories over Rumeysa Sila Olcek and then Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou in the quarter-final.

The club again failed to secure any major honours and were defeated by city rivals Chelsea in the League Cup Final.

If Swansea do secure their biggest honour in their centenary year, Monk and his defensive partner Ashley Williams have agreed to lift the trophy together, regardless of who takes to the field at Wembley.

According to contemporary documents and historical analysis, this was achieved through a considerable degree of bribery, with funding provided by the British Secret Service Office, and the awarding of peerages, places and honours to secure votes.