Sentence examples for time in honour of from inspiring English sources

The Obamas will then prepare for another formal dinner, this time in honour of the Queen at Winfield House, the residence of the US Ambassador in London.

For these reasons, Cherdyntsev filed a discovery claim and suggested the name sergenium (symbol Sg -- this symbol had not been assigned to seaborgium at that time), in honour of the ancient city of Serik along the Silk Road in Kazakhstan where his molybdenite samples came from.

Next time, in honour of the great Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara whose death has just been announced, we will visit Helsinki (metaphorically speaking, that is – I hate it when Radio 3 announcers say: "And now maestro X takes us to place Y". No he doesn't – we listen to a piece of music).

The English poet, Lord Byron, famously swam it in 1810, the first swimmer to make the crossing in modern times, in honour of the Greek mythological figure, Leander.

And in Novak Djokovic's home country, Serbia, Blic report that it would not be a surprise if Big Ben strikes 77 times in honour of Britain's first men's Wimbledon singles champion for 77 years.

"We've had to perform the absentee funeral prayer three times last year, in honour of killed classmates.

According to Childs, Loades and Marsden, the two ships, which were built around the same time, were named in honour of the king and queen respectively.

I first had a slice at a Rosh Hashanah celebration this time last year, a feast in honour of the Jewish new year.

They may well stand up again tonight, but this time it would be in honour of the now 78-year-old maestro whose visits here are so rare and so eagerly awaited.

Pegida, an acronym which translates as "patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the west", convulsed Germany in January when it drew 25,000 protesters to a rally in Dresden at the same time as 100,000 people marched in honour of the victims of the Paris terror attacks.

The accompanying Doctor Who Confidential to "Closing Time" is entitled "Open All Hours" in honour of Baron's role in the sitcom of the same name.