Sentence examples for willis from inspiring English sources
proper noun
From the name Will.
The top floor of the Willis Tower, at 1,354 ft, is higher than the One World Trade Center's top floor at 1,268 ft. The debate was particularly charged because of the symbolic nature of the metal structure on One World Trade Center.
Willis first came to the TUC at the end of 1973, shortly after Murray succeeded Feather to the top post.
Willis quickly became Murray's troubleshooter at large.
Willis was born in Hayes, then in Middlesex, the son of Jim, a barber and council worker, and Kate, who worked in laundries and canteens and whom Norman described as a "working-class suffragette" and his mentor.
Willis even agreed to speak at a miners' meeting in South Wales, largely to save Kinnock from a possible rough-house.
Without its spire, One World Trade Center measures a mere 1,368ft, shorter than the 1,451ft Willis Tower – formerly the Sears Tower.
Madeline Willis Doubtfully, the four of us look down at the coils of rope affectionately known as the snake pit; then up at the 90ft mast above our heads.
The Napkin Project is run by Willis Newson, specialist arts and health consultants based in Bristol.
Analysts reckon that the world's second-largest insurance broker, Aon, is in no mood to play second fiddle to its arch-rival, and may well enter the bidding for Willis Corroon.
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Maybe he simply needs to let it all go for a bit, to listen to three hours of Norwegian speed metal, take his run-up back to the sight screen and run in and bowl as fast as he can, however he can, just as Bob Willis did at Headingly in 1981 when Mike Brearley suggested he forget about bowling no-balls, just run in and whang it down.
