How To Use Honour In A Sentence
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Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour".
BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
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Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions.
The Sun
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There will always be debate about who deserves honours, all of it highly subjective.
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I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog.
The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
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One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today.
Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
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She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation.
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Your Honour, we have not appealed against that, but what we do say is that we have sufficient standing to obtain either of the prerogative writs if ultimately the Court were minded to grant them and we do not really need more than that.
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The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.
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He is an honourable person respected and held in esteem by his colleagues.
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I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.
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From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort.
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The company refused to honour the verbal agreement and put him on a more expensive tariff.
Times, Sunday Times
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It features a group of con artists with a modicum of honour: they only steal from the greedy and the morally corrupt.
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His Honour saw that if conduct is not unprofessional, the practitioner is entitled to an untainted reputation.
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They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her.
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Competition is keen and candidates must offer a minimum of an upper second class honours degree together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements.
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Far from counting against the honours system, the latest rash of disclosures should be used to improve and reinforce it.
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Your honour indeed told me so, said Mrs. Jervis: but I never found her inclinable to think herself in a fault.
Pamela
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The other honour that gave him particular pleasure was his honorary doctorate from Melbourne University.
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Day said: ‘It's an honour to play here and if you can score a try it's even better.’
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Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage) (Labour): Will my right honourable friend accept an invitation to visit the Rutherford Appleton laboratory in my constituency to see the new Diamond synchrotron, which is nearing completion there?
PRIME SINISTER'S QUESTIONS
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The hospitable host had his spare room emptied very quickly for the honoured guest.
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Your Honour, it is not materially different, in our submission.
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But the inward thoughts of men, which appear outwardly in their words and actions, are the signs of our honouring, and these go by the name of worship; in Latin, cultus.
Leviathan
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Those brought up in the punk rock era will have a twinge of nostalgia for the days when it was a badge of honour to be gobbed on by your idols.
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Is that an affidavit filed in the present proceedings before this Court, your Honour?
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To allow the few who dishonour our country to become a reflection of our entire nation is to distort history.
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This strategy suits hands which look to be strong in honour cards or have a long suit that may be run through without ruffs by the opponent.
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In all things, even till this instant, (being the utmost period of my life) I have evermore found my Fathers love most effectuall to me; but now it appeareth farre greater, then at any time heretofore: and therefore from my mouth, thou must deliver him the latest thankes that ever I shall give him, for sending me such an honourable present.
The Decameron
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He gained a first class Honours de-gree in economics.
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Why I come to you at this tyme, is to desire your honour unfainedly to delcare vnto me, whether anye daunger is ment towards my maistres this night or no that I and my poore fellowes maye take such part as shal please god to appoint.
From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
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Your Honours, apropos of what our learned friend said about the Justice's judgment, in our submission, it highlights the error.
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The book, as Mickie points out, is an honour to the memory of Harin Da.
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Criticisms were made that the decision to honour or dishonour cheques was no longer made by experienced bankers with the necessary skills, but passed on to less experienced bank staff to cut costs and save time.
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The absence of a clear understanding about those root causes largely explains why several would-be peace agreements ended up dishonoured or discarded.
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We may hear about it in a very short time; the preparations are made meanwhile with more vigour than before; & we must hope that the honour of the country will be in short regained, but when
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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Prosecutors said the committee had approved applicants who presented forged honours that carried dates pre-dating the actual creation of the vaunted title.
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The Clare Lake Development Committee in Claremorris was also honoured with a national award at the same ceremony.
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Over coffee the Queen asked him ‘To what do we owe the unexpected honour of your visit?’
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Hubert in particular was recalling times past when Patricia had behaved less than honourably towards his favourite cousin.
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His Honour did not misapprehend the facts, he did not misapply legal principle, he did not miscalculate the damages, nor did he err in the exercise of his discretion.
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Priests have appealed to all parishioners to attend the celebration to honour a lady who is a highly respected and popular member of the community.
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Not surprisingly, Metung attracted a number of distinguished early holiday-makers, some of whom settled there permanently, including the explorer and mineralogist Dr. Alfred Howitt; His Honour Judge John Burnett Box; and John King, the second son of Rear Admiral Philip Parker King.
Archive 2009-01-01
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The word lessened does not convey a sufficient idea of what experience has proved to be true, to the honour of our excellent soldiers.
Memoirs Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
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Since '96, Montreal has been home to Fang, her pipa (the Chinese lute) and the stack of awards and honours she picked up in her native China.
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The Bank dishonoured a number of cheques drawn by its client and sent a fax contending that his debit balance was in excess of his facility.
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There was a time when rock'n'roll and the honours system were the strangest of bedfellows.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is a time-honoured way of distinguishing between people who all want the same thing.
Times, Sunday Times
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Fans want efforts to be recognised She also says the honours system is unfair because she gets recognised for her work but a lollipop lady doesn't.
The Sun
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Would the Honourable Member agree that ...?
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Lord Allen may have been wrong in his head, or ill-advised, or foolishly over-zealous, but his ill-tempered upbraiding of the Dublin Corporation for what he called their treasonable extravagance in thus honouring Swift, whom he deemed an enemy of the King, was the act of a fool.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
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I say to you that you are honour-bound, from the point of view of your reputation, to give that ruling.
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Although he apparently waited for confirmation from his bank that the cheque had cleared before making the payments, he was subsequently advised that the cheque was fraudulent and had been dishonoured.
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He was totally without ostentation or pretension and totally disinterested in wealth, honours or managerial power.
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Commenting on the honour, he said: ‘This has not been done single-handed.’
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One approached the guest of honour to request an autograph.
Times, Sunday Times
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It must be clear to every reflecting person that by always proposing what he knew could not be honourably acceded to, he kept up the appearance of being a pacificator, while at the same time he ensured to himself the pleasure of carrying on the war.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
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I am not to learne, that these accidents by thee related, may happen to fooles, who are voide of understanding or shame: but such as are wise, and endued with vertue, have alwayes such a precious esteeme of their honour, that they wil containe those principles of constancie, which men are meerely carelesse of, and I justifie my wife to be one of them.
The Decameron
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As you may be aware I am the Speaker of the House of Commons and it is incumbent upon me to honour and uphold the noble traditions of the House.
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Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
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I didn't break it. Scout's honour!
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The treatments were top notch, but the food also deserves an honourable mention.
Times, Sunday Times
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Guardastagno (forgetting the lawes of respect and loyall friendship) became overfondly enamoured, expressing the same by such outward meanes, that the Lady her selfe tooke knowledge thereof, and not with any dislike, as it seemed, but rather lovingly entertained; yet she grew not so forgetfull of her honour and estimation, as the other did of faith to his friend.
The Decameron
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It was dishonourable to’ — ‘Peace, young man,’ said Herries, more calmly than I might have expected; ‘the word dishonour must not be mentioned as in conjunction with my name.
Redgauntlet
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En fait, she was saying to me: ` Here is my trust, ma confiance, my honour as a woman; I place it in your hands, Blowitz. '
Watershed
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Trinity say that no extra cash is available and that Jackson must honour his existing contract.
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She had three bridesmaids and two maids of honour.
Times, Sunday Times
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The promised payments were not made, and post-dated cheques were dishonoured.
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The Sultan looked at Nur al-Din and liked him, so he stablished him in office as the Wazir had requested and formally appointed him, presenting him with a splendid dress of honour and a she-mule from his private stud; and assigning to him solde, stipends and supplies.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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However, Jenkins said demands for reburial were now coming from minority groups in Britain, including pagans and druids, while Manchester consulted the group Honouring the Ancient Dead, which campaigns for reburial of pre-Christian British remains, before removing the Worsley Man head.
Museums avoid displaying human remains 'out of respect'
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Well, Joel tells me Hillier has been selected as the honouree -- Man of the Year -- for the lodge's 57th. annual gentlemen's dinner at Beth Tzedec Synagogue on Dec. 5.
Money, meet mouth
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I consider it a great honour to be invited.
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The Roman Scarus comments which "Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before/Did so violate itself.
Archive 2009-11-01
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She was acclaimed in the New Year's Honours List in recognition of her continued services to the tourism industry in York and Yorkshire.
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They add that, although it is loathly and horrible to look upon, being in the form of a skeleton, I yet give it especial honour and call it in the Greek tongue, basileus, my king.
The Defense
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The crew took the Pacific Emerald for wrecking but the second part of the settlement was never honoured.
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“Thanks to the Prophet that hath so far honoured our mountains as to send from their bosom him whose word is victory,” answered the paynim.
The Talisman
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Having thus escaped the danger, the Romans threw their sentinel down the rock; while on Manlius they conferred by vote a reward for his bravery, intended more for honour than advantage; for each man gave him a day's rations, which consisted of half a Roman pound of meal, and the fourth part of a Greek cotyle of wine.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume I
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But while there were 13 firsts among men in computing and IT, only five women got a first-class honours degree in the area in 2000.
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I. ii.155 (14,6) [deck'd the sea] _To deck the sea_, if explained, to honour, adorn, or dignify, is indeed ridiculous, but the original import of the verb _deck_ is, _to cover_; so in some parts they yet say _deck the table_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
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He promoted the Virgin as its protectress, commissioning a hymn in her honour, and incurred criticism from Bruno of Querfurt for ‘favouring the Roman people above all others with money and honours'.
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And film crews following honourable Members around!
Times, Sunday Times
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A disorganised woman is asked to be maid of honour at her best friend's wedding.
The Sun
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We buried the general with full military honours.
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But when my poor mother heard that I was committed, by word of honour, to a wild-goose chase, among the rebels, after that runagate Tom Faggus, she simply stared, and would not believe it.
Lorna Doone
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It provides swallow, ormer, shark fin and other sea food courses of top Guangzhou cuisine for taking honour service to you.
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Placed in that situation I have felt honour-bound to reply frankly and at some length.
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Such was the heroicall liberality, and exceeding great clemencie of those most honourable
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Your Honour, from my perspective I am trying to understand the arbitrary and capricious argument that my learned friends are putting forward.
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As if in echo of national pride at his achievement, the magnificent sound of bagpipes swirled in honour of the Bulgarian champion.
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High in the Alps is a monument raised in honour of a faithful guide who perished while ascending a peak to rescue a stranded tourist.
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Warmest congratulations to Jarlath on this very special honour which is being bestowed on him this weekend.
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Such men must be honoured and respected, lest chaos engulf the navel of the world yet again.
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At every halting place the natives capered before them and tabored a welcome, while at Kama, where Gelele was staying, they not only played, but burst out with an extemporaneous couplet in Burton's honour:
The Life of Sir Richard Burton
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I don't give plugs as a rule, but I make an honourable exception for the annual Saints & Sinners meeting at Hamilton on Wednesday.
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Near the lake named for him in central Alberta, not far from the homestead where he raised his nine children, a stone cairn will honour his extraordinary life.
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Those of us who had the honour and the rare advantage of knowing him intimately and well over many years find, upon looking back upon that vast experience, something unique, over and above the learning, over and above the application of that learning to Thomism, which is surely the very heart of the Dominican affair.
Belloc Speaks - To the Undying Memory
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-- But then they are not charged for seeing the lamps; there is no charge for walking round the walks; there is no charge for looking at the cosmoramic pictures; there is no charge for casting a glance at the orchestra; there is no charge for staring at the other people; there is no charge for bowing or talking to an acquaintance, if you meet one -- all these are gratis; and if you neither eat nor drink, there is no charge for witnessing those who do mangle the long-murdered honours of the coop, and gulp down the most renovating of liquors, be they hale or stout, vite vine, red port, or rack punch.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828
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The toggle switch selects either pickup or both, in time honoured fashion.
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He that desires honour is not worthy of honour.
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Father being out, mother asked me to do the honours of the house and pour out the tea.
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Their medals of honour have to be removed!
Times, Sunday Times
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Three children who have helped look after their wheelchair-bound mum have been honoured with a prestigious school prize in recognition of their hard work.
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Well, then," returned the ruffian, "to put you out o 'suspense, as the topsman remarked to poor Tom Sheppard, afore he turned him off, I'm come to make you an honourable proposal o' marriage.
Jack Sheppard A Romance
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I take on board what my honourable friend and the right honourable gentleman say.
Times, Sunday Times
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He also delighted in seeing the girls team achieve such honour and glory over the past five years.
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Well, as I was 'bout to say, you mus 'promise me on your word ob honour, dat you'll neber go _alone_ to see your fadder, but allers in company wid Sally; dat you neber, neber speak to him, an' dat you neber make you'self know'd to him till de right time comes.
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
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The women are punished for refusing arranged marriages, or if their family fails to produce a promised dowry, or who in some way bring dishonour on their family.
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Colonel Tilghman, one of my aids-de-camp, will have the (p. 088) honour to deliver these despatches to Your Excellency; he will be able to inform you of every minute circumstance which is particularly mentioned in my letter.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
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The reflections and soliloquies of Artamène recur; but a not unimportant, although subordinate, new character appears -- not as the first example, but as the foremost representative, in the novel, of the great figure of the "confidante" -- in Martésie, Mandane's chief maid of honour.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
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This was his own decision with all the political toll that such a policy of dishonour and strategic nonsense will extract.
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Understandably, the Royal Society of Chemistry has just honoured Holmes with a fellowship, the first time an imaginary character is being recognised.
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There are other sporting events that honour their champions with unique apparel.
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It is a great honour to learn that I have been given my first ambassadorial appointment.
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The Government has already indicated that it will honour its international obligations.
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I'm not a fan of the honours system, or peerages in general because very few genuinely deserve to be lifted in status.
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It is, your Honour, it is an extraordinary case, but at last the Supreme Court got it right, if by a mere bare majority.
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I'm honoured that he deigns to share himself with me!
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MBEs also went to stonemason Alan Horsfield, who was honoured for services to St Paul's Cathedral, Welsh caretaker Robert Owen, who was recognised for services to the community in Holyhead, Anglesey, and Mary Watt, who was rewarded for services to highland dance teaching in Ross-shire, Scotland.
New Year honours: Recognition for unsung heroes in the public sector
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The earl is the vera soul of honour, and cares nae mair for warld's gear than a noble hound for the quest of a foulmart; but as for his son, he was like to brazen us a 'out -- ourselves, Steenie,
The Fortunes of Nigel
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This is the time-honoured English way.
Times, Sunday Times
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Honours are up for grabs in five categories - including a Top Tutor award.
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We should not limit these honours to renaming landmarks, but should come up with still more meaningful instruments, such as bursaries and other interventions that directly benefit our people.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Who shall praise or honour princes who insult and calumniate each other?
The Talisman
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The second of the three points that was highlighted by his Honour was that the first respondent failed to cease operating when he sighted blood.
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Being an onnagata (female impersonator) became an honoured profession.
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The women emphasized the importance of reclaiming tradition and returning honour and respect to women for the roles they perform in their families and communities.
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Instead of an honourable retirement, Louis was swallowed up by the sharks circling the boxing business, and gradually pulled into the netherworld of drugs, drink, violence and the mob.
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Books and articles are now commissions and performances, and an increased emphasis is placed upon awards, recognitions and honours.
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No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship -- not though it be of the Garter -- confers so fair an honour.
Can You Forgive Her?
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Utterson was amazed; the dark influence of Hyde had been withdrawn, the doctor had returned to his old tasks and amities; a week ago, the prospect had smiled with every promise of a cheerful and an honoured age; and now in a moment, friendship, and peace of mind, and the whole tenor of his life were wrecked.
Remarkable Incident of Dr
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This was the greatest waterfall of the Nile; and in honour of the distinguished president of the Royal Geographical Society, I named it the Murchison Falls.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
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The title is in honour of Australia’s first female deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, jibe from the enlightened Mr Heffernan – stating she was unfit for leadership because she was” deliberately barren”.
Archive 2008-09-01
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She is an honour to her family, friends, team-mates and the nation.
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A way around it is to ask her to be your chief bridesmaid or matron of honour.
The Sun
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In orations of praise, and in invectives, the fancy is predominant, because the design is not truth, but to honour or dishonour, which is done by noble or by vile comparisons.
Chapter VIII. Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual, and Their Contrary Defects
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He captained the team to win the National League in 1970 and went on to win All Star honours.
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And so he has done the honourable thing and admitted US election defeat.
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Villa, for all their recent travails, have the infrastructure in place to challenge for honours.
Times, Sunday Times
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There will be a disco from 9 pm to midnight and a mystery guest will do the honours in presenting the medals.
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To sweep it under the carpet and pretend it never happened would only dishonour those, the majority, who are a credit to the country they serve.
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He is insatiable in the quest for honours - often putting himself through a punishing schedule.
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After two years she quit in favour of a sound engineering course in Glasgow, followed by an honours degree course in world religions.
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From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort.
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Priests have appealed to all parishioners to attend the celebration to honour a lady who is a highly respected and popular member of the community.
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The bravery of the defending forces had been such that the attackers allowed them to leave the city with honour.
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Honourability and integrity might well have been his middle names, and when he retired and put the uniform away he did so with a record of service behind him that anyone would be proud and indeed privileged to have.
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There was a huge funeral for him in California, and many many many SEALs turned out to honour their fallen brother-in-arms.
A Real Life Hero
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Court for being four days without dining with him; so I dined there to-day, and he has at last fallen in with my project (as he calls it) of coining halfpence and farthings, with devices, like medals, in honour of the Queen, every year changing the device.
The Journal to Stella
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The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday.
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Nor do the figures include the women who still honour the curious custom of adopting their husband 's surname on marriage.
Times, Sunday Times
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Three motives animate them all: loyalty to the king, devotion to the cross, and the _pundonor_: that sensitive personal honour -- the "Castilian pride" of "Hernani," -- which sometimes ran into fantastic excess.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
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The opposite of honourable antagonism between men is honourable alliance, typically affirmed in the image and name of the brother.
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Then to come and play for him is a great honour.
The Sun
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At any rate, as the years pass, let us on this side of the water be more and more in the one great family, looking to the time when the young Canadian will win the crown of wild olive, that emblem of sweet honour and gray rest, that which is given as a reward and as a guerdon to gallant youth who stands dowered from the night and splendid for the day as the pride and hope of mankind.
The Imperial Significance of Games
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if your slave may be so honoured as to speak in your presence, a vizier should be a person of great tact; he should be able to draw the line as nicely as I do when I shave your sublime head, leaving not a vestige of the hair, yet entering not upon the skin.
The Pacha of Many Tales
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Why is it only ever senior officers receive honours from the queen?
But Enough About Me « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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Born in Aberdeen in 1942, Sir Ian Wood graduated from Aberdeen University in 1964 with an honours degree in psychology.
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Grant Gibson from Newton St Boswells took the honours after landing an incredible 17 fish from the Melrose stretch.
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To Asian families izzat - honour - is all important.
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If your Honours go to paragraph 2.1, you will see that the plaintiff was injured in this case when he fell on a section of a driveway which had a gradient of 47 per cent.
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The Appellant was tried by His Honour Judge Cavell and a jury between 15th and 26th November 1999.
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But knighthood is an honour, not a peerage; he remained a member of the House of Commons until his retirement in 2001.
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‘Not only were you guilty of the offence of which you were convicted, but you were also in my view guilty of dishonourable conduct,’ he said.
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It was the sort of distance that Olympic sprinters can cover in less than a minute on their lap of honour.
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We call it an honour to our collective that Mather got the first prize in the composition contest.
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He was an honoured Christian poet in the court of the Umayyads and an ardent propagandist of this dynasty.
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A jury in Canada has found three members of an Afghan family guilty of drowning three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honour".
'Honour killings': Canadian jury finds Afghan family guilty
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Four honours in hearts are to be preferred to any but a very strong no-trump declaration; but four aces counting 100 points constitute a no-trump declaration without exception.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
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Not merely daring and endurance but better still temper, self-restraint, fairness, honour, unenvying approbation of another's success and all that give and take of life which stands a man in good stead when he goes forth into the world.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
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They depart in the time-honoured journeys in search for opportunity.
Alamos: Still a boom to bust town, but with everlasting charm
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The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque.
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The honour and glory of the colours were now fore-most in the players mind.
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It was as if she felt on her lips the taste of dishonour.
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Honourable friends, I remember a discourse sometime made unto me, concerning the Countrey of Persia, and a kind of custome there observed, not to be misliked in mine opinion.
The Decameron
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But the cheque was dishonoured by the bank concerned.
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The most serious is this, that the woman, who has given birth to a useful citizen, whether taxiarch or strategus should receive some distinction; a place of honour should be reserved for her at the Stenia, the Scirophoria, and the other festivals that we keep.
The Thesmophoriazusae
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To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
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They treat you as an honoured guest, as if the privilege and pleasure is theirs, not yours.
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This is Teachers' Day and a time to be grateful to all teachers. This profession deserves the special recognition and respect. There is no more appropriate time than this to honour you and others in your chosen field. You have my eternal gratefulness. Have a happy Teachers' Day.
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However profoundly the Honourable Member for Eatanswill might resent it, the issue of expenses and allowances for MPs and Peers is not going to go away.
Archive 2008-01-20
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Women wear it like a badge of honour.
Times, Sunday Times
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These offences provoked an outcry when the nation was honouring those who have died in service.
The Sun
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Take honour from me and my life is undone.
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In the timehonoured tradition of the northern miserabilist, it would be depressing were it not for its sweet centre.
Times, Sunday Times
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They get their leads from tips sent in by readers and I have just had an hon mensh (as Private Eye puts it) which is an honour indeed!
Archive 2004-08-01
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Its main business was the safe but dull bills discounting - a sound and a profitable business as traders all over the country rarely ever dishonour their bills.
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Could I invite your Honours to go to submissions on behalf of the Wentworth Shire Council and to the document annexed to it following page 11.
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There was an intermediate period (from about the sixth to the ninth centuries) during which the title archimandrite was given as a purely personal honour to certain hegumenoi without involving any exemption from the monastery.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
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If you have not heard any of their music, then your honour is definitely blessed.
The Sun
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She prefers, in that time-honoured tradition of serious musicians, to let the music do the talking.
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Then they brought an ewer and basin of gold, and he washed his right hand and abode in the gladdest of life and the most honourable.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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He also credits Aristotle with saying: Teachers who educated children deserved more honour than parents who merely gave them birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the other ensures a good life (p. 463).
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
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Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch.
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Bert's well aware that the use of mind-expanding drugs has a long and honourable tradition in the search for what's really around us.
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His Honour subsequently dismissed the summons in the Common Law Division and referred the probate proceedings to the Registrar.
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The joint communique issued after the talks said that both countries honour the treaty.
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Britain will work with foreign governments to honour their local heroes.
The Sun
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This, by which the gods are divine, must be the oldest God of them all: and our own soul is of that same Ideal nature, so that to consider it, purified, freed from all accruement, is to recognise in ourselves that same value which we have found soul to be, honourable above all that is bodily.
The Six Enneads.
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The screen veteran is the biggest name on the Queen's birthday honours list, receiving a knighthood.
