The phrase "venerable to" is not correct and should not be used in written English.
The word "venerable" is typically used in the phrase "venerable to", meaning worthy of respect or admiration. However, the word "venerable" does not need a preposition and can stand alone. It would be more grammatically correct to say "venerable in" or "venerable among". Example: The old library was considered venerable among the community for its rich history and architecture.
Mr Muhith is too venerable to be required to call the prime minister "elder sister".
Gregerson's sly employment of an old-fashioned word like "venerable" to refer to A-list doctors, away for the holiday, suggests the ecclesiastical prestige that physicians — some of whom are said to work miracles — still command.
If dozens of restaurants and bars have been devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Bridge Cafe at 279 Water Street in Manhattan is surely one of the most venerable to have been closed by the storm.
Leyland certainly walks the thinnest line between savior and scapegoat because if the Tigers had continued their underachieving tendencies through the playoffs, his modifier would have instantly changed from venerable to old or cranky or out of touch with modern players.
While not sufficiently venerable to know every Danny Baker singles page by heart, this particular newly satisfied customer is certainly well-seasoned enough to recall the halcyon days of wilfully confrontational Steven Wells letters pages and 6 Music's Stuart Maconie writing about important underground Northern bands such as The Railway Children.
Children are known to be venerable to lead (Pb) toxicity.
Leave it to the venerable Economist to continue to scoop the Internet through sheer ingenuity.
From our high schools, to our most hallowed institutions, to our venerable newspapers, to our best-selling authors.
So Lin has succumbed to a venerable foe; To their utmost limits, all men'll go.
The artificial returns come at a time when banks have turned to other, more venerable, tricks to boost their results.
In 2003, she became Galileo project manager, guiding efforts to destroy the venerable spacecraft to prevent it from accidentally crashing into and contaminating any of Jupiter's moons.
