Voorbeelden van knighthood

• Another important facet of the viceroy's ritual office was his ability to confer the order of knighthood.

• With this act, he simultaneously disqualified himself from knighthood and gained for himself evil powers.

• The degree inhabited the same sphere as knighthood and orders.

• Honorary degrees, knighthoods, presidential medals, and beauty contest victories are all examples.

• I refer only to peerages and knighthoods, and where the company was mentioned in the citation.

• Only a small number of peerages and knighthoods go to people described as directors of public companies.

• When the day comes for turning up brief, loyal and boring speeches the knighthood will be there in the next honours list.

• As final icing on the cake, the permanent secretary should be told that his knighthood depends on his success in cutting public expenditure.

• It must be made clear to permanent secretaries that those who do not co-operate will not get the traditional knighthood.

• It is regrettable that a press release suggested that he had been given a knighthood.

• His reward with the accolade of knighthood brought a great deal of pleasure to his many friends and acquaintances.

• If everything else fails, the occasional knighthood or peerage has been known to thaw strong resistance.

• The services for knighthood have not yet been defined.

• We will get our knighthoods early while having succeeded in not writing down anything that matters two hoots.

• The chairman has been rewarded with a knighthood.