(n.) A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
(n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
(n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
(n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
Example Sentences:
(1) Businesses fleeing Brexit will head to New York not EU, warns LSE chief Read more Amid attempts by Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin to catch possible fallout from London, Sir Jon Cunliffe said it was highly unlikely that any EU centre could replicate the services offered by the UK’s financial services industry.
(2) However the imagery is more complex, because scholars believe it also relates to another cherished pre-Raphaelite Arthurian legend, Sir Degrevaunt who married his mortal enemy's daughter.
(3) At the moment the MPA makes the appointments in consultation with the Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.
(4) It has also been given to Sir Andrew Large, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, whose report on lending failures by RBS will also be released on Monday.
(5) There on the street is Young Jo whose last words were, "I am wery symbolic, sir."
(6) It will form part of an investigation launched by the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, on the orders of David Cameron to determine the British government's actions over the raid on Sikhism's holiest site in Amritsar.
(7) Sir James Crosby, the ITV senior independent non-executive director, explained why the board had opted to retain Grade's services for an extra year: "It was the unanimous view of ITV's independent non-executive directors that it would be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders to ask Michael to extend his time as executive chairman.
(8) Updated at 1.58pm BST 12.43pm BST Sir Malcolm Bruce, MP for Gordon, says there has been "a degree of intransigence" on both sides at Grangemouth, leading to today's closure.
(9) At a private meeting last Tuesday, Hunt assured Cameron and the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, that he had not been aware that his special adviser, Adam Smith, was systematically leaking information and advice to News Corp about its bid for BSkyB.
(10) Yesterday streams of worshippers and tourists entered Sir Christopher Wren's building for Sunday services, apparently unconcerned by events outside.
(11) With respect to Sir Jimmy, those who proclaim the age of the train rarely get it right.
(12) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
(14) We have the president of the tribunal, Sir Michael Burton, arguing that his work needs to be done in secret to secure the trust and co-operation of the intelligence services – but what about the trust of the British people and the confidence of the lawyers who seek to establish the rights of ordinary members of the public?
(15) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(16) The validity of the response of this probe to Y-90 and its clinical application were assessed with a phantom containing varying activities and with biopsy samples obtained from patients being treated with SIR therapy.
(17) Sir James Crosby, the chief executive until 2006, was forced to resign as deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority after the Treasury select committee produced allegations by a whistleblower that the bank was "going too fast".
(18) Leading figures including the musician Sting, business tycoon Sir Richard Branson and comedian Russell Brand have called for the possession of drugs to be decriminalised.
(19) Sir Philip Green has interesting tax arrangements but far from being labelled morally repugnant in a Mexico TV studio, he has got a government review to head up," she said.
(20) When last week’s scandal broke, Tesco chair Sir Richard Broadbent airily opined: “Things are always unnoticed until they are noticed.” He forgot to mention that that goes double if people are paid to turn a blind eye.
Sirt
Definition:
(n.) A quicksand.
Example Sentences:
(1) Should I be killed, I would like to be buried, according to Muslim rituals, in the clothes I was wearing at the time of my death and my body unwashed, in the cemetery of Sirte, next to my family and relatives.
(2) In this respect, it hardly matters whether Isis itself, an affiliate, or simply fighters trading under the name were responsible for the deaths of the Egyptian Copts in Sirte .
(3) Sirte had previously been held by Libya Dawn, the Islamist-led militia alliance that rebelled against the elected government last summer and has been fighting a bitter war against pro-government forces ever since.
(4) In 1981 the Sixth Fleet shot down two Libyan fighters over the Gulf of Sirte in the first military collision, in modern times, between the US and an Arab country.
(5) In January, it killed 22 Christians , 21 of them Egyptians, on the Sirte shore, triggering Egyptian airstrikes.
(6) In late August, armed, masked men stopped a car carrying Egyptian workers near the Libyan city of Sirte.
(7) Some of the dead in Sirte had their hands bound together, and bloodstains and spent rifle cartridges indicated that they had been summarily executed.
(8) And he expounded his new vision – a United States of Africa, with Sirte as its capital, and himself as its self-anointed king of kings.
(9) The day after Zeidan's removal, the powerful Misrata militia, allied to congress, launched an offensive to retake the blockaded oil terminals, storming the base of an army special forces unit – the Zawiya Martyrs brigade – in the central city of Sirte, leaving five people dead.
(10) Nasr was evasive about when he found out his former boss was in Sirte.
(11) Nato said airstrikes pounded targets around Sirte as well as the towns of Waddan and Sabha in the southern desert.
(12) Rebels have also launched a surprise offensive towards Gaddafi's birthplace, Sirte.
(13) But as the rebels move closer to the town of Sirte, the revolutionary council is attempting to bring on board disparate tribal and local leaders and encourage a popular uprising to pave the way for a rebel takeover.
(14) Isis positions in the strategic port city of Sirte were hit by manned aircraft and drones on Monday, after a request from the UN-backed unity government.
(15) Sirte is Gaddafi's birthplace, and he is likely to heavily defend the town.
(16) Even if the rebels have the men trained to use them – which is open to question – it will be hard to turn such weapons on Sirte when the UN resolution authorising air strikes specifically says those strikes are designed to protect civilians.
(17) The Bayda government called for further “consultation and co-ordination” to counter Islamic State control of the coastal city of Sirte and its push westwards towards Misrata and to the south towards Jufra.
(18) In a few months its units conquered the town and pushed south into the Sirte Basin, taking a 100-mile stretch of coastline.
(19) Isis affiliates in Libya have not yet targeted any of these sites, but the group dominates two towns on the Mediterranean shoreline – Derna and Sirte – and has a presence in others.
(20) By Sunday night their Their rapid advance westwards is heading for the Libyan leader's home town and stronghold, Sirte, where two loud explosions were heard.