Sentence examples for venerable predecessor from inspiring English sources

It is far more sexy and rich on the inside than its venerable predecessor.

Project Spartan, the current, public codename of Microsoft's new browser, will replace its venerable predecessor not all at once, but in steps.

How did his venerable predecessors managed the trick?

Your organization, which on various occasions has met with my venerable Predecessors, maintains good relations with the Holy See and with many representatives of the Catholic world.

Here's a look at some of its venerable but less celebrated predecessors.

In his five years at LVMH, Tisci had succeeded in reviving the venerable couture house (after a trio of his predecessors had failed), even though the 36-year-old designer's dramatic gothic signature contrasted starkly with the demure image forged for the brand by its esteemed founder, Hubert de Givenchy.

But "Lucia, Lucia" (Random House), Adriana Trigiani's tale of a Greenwich Village grocer's daughter who makes good at a venerable New York department store, is as different from its predecessor as grommets are from peas.

Many Catholics are highly exercised over the politics which this Christmas surround Benedict XVI's decision on Saturday to declare two of his predecessors, Pius XII and John Paul II, and a dozen others to be "venerable" and thus on the road to eventual canonisation as saints.

But change is relative, and if Mr. Pereira's innovations at the venerable festival look significant, it is partly because those of his immediate predecessors were modest.

"It is broken, venerable Sir".

"Here it is, venerable Sir".