Sentence examples for system of honours from inspiring English sources

Rather, the Mughal system of honours and titles, as well as Mughal-derived administrative terminology and fiscal practices, spread apace despite the deterioration of imperial power.

The public administration committee of the House of Commons is set to look into the matter as well.At his monthly press conference on March 16th, Mr Blair expressed his own exasperation with the current system of honours and party funding.

A system of honours courses, modeled on that of the University of Oxford, was initiated at the college in 1922 by Frank Aydelotte, who later became president of the college.

As the apex of the Canadian system of honours, the Victoria Cross is to be worn before all other Canadian decorations and insignia of orders, including the Order of Merit and the Order of Canada.

But he does have a system of honour and I wish we could create a language for it.

The British and Commonwealth system of battle honours recognises the battle by the award to 55 units of the honour Caen, for participation in the capture of Caen between 4 18 July 1944.

In the British and Commonwealth system of battle honours, there was no distinct award for service in Operation Varsity.

In the British and Commonwealth system of battle honours, participation in Operation Tractable (included as part of the honour Falaise for service from 7 22 August) was recognized in 1957, 1958, and 1959 by the award of the battle honours Laison (or "The Laison" for Canadian units), for service on 14 17 August, Chambois from 18 22 August and St Lambert-sur-Dives from 19 22 August.

He said that living in the US meant he was unaware of the controversy surrounding the system of awarding honours.

Meanwhile, the UK persists with a pre-war system of specialist honours degrees that is essentially unchanged since only a handful of people went to university.

The British and Commonwealth system of battle honours recognised participation in the expansion of the bridgehead during the period of Operation Perch in 1956 , 1957and in 1958.