Sentence examples for small honor from inspiring English sources

In a culture in which women are strong and spiritual, that is no small honor.

John Law, a spokesman at the United States Embassy in Madrid, said that for the past three years a small "honor guard" carrying an American flag had participated "and we were happy to do so".

LG's been taking the opposite of Apple's approach, gleefully letting little bits of info about the product slip here and there, most notably early last month, when it revealed that its new flagship will be the first to sport Nougat – no small honor in the dog eat dog world of Android handsets.

After we landed, our plane came to a halt in a corner of the airfield, away from the usual bustle of troops, contractors, and cargo pallets, and the rear of the plane opened to reveal a small honor guard of Marines -- Army -- Air Force assembled to ready him for his final flight home.

On his death, the British usurped his domains, and my family silkily changed allegiances and flourished under their rule, being rewarded with more lands and small honors, suitable for small gentry.

After becoming president at Oklahoma 18 years ago, Mr. Boren greatly expanded a small honors program and created the Honors College, which now has about 2,200 students, one-tenth of the university's undergraduate enrollment.

But since a business school's reputation rests largely on its full-time, daytime program for a master's degree in business administration, Baruch five years ago focused on developing such a program, building it around a small honors program for students who were given free tuition and laptop computers.

After completion of the prerequisite units, students join small group honors seminars to work with faculty members in the environmental field on an honors thesis that incorporates both scientific principles and policy aspects of environmental issues.

There used to be small altars honoring the saint set up in front of old houses.

Drawings and small banners honoring the Canadiens' stars of the 1970s and 1980s, to commemorate the club's 100th anniversary, occupy a large area behind the counter.

A small ceremony honoring Mr. Stuart on Monday was attended by Chinese and American officials, including the vice mayor of Hangzhou and the United States ambassador, Clark Randt Jr., as well as alumni of Yenching University in Beijing, the institution Mr. Stuart helped found.