Sentence examples for OBE from high-quality English sources.

• He is made an OBE.

• Then, in 2004, she was awarded an OBE for services to literature.

• Patrick Vernon OBE is a leading expert on African and Caribbean genealogy in the UK.

• He was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in 1950.

• He was awarded an OBE for services to science, medicine and healthcare in the 2019 Queen’s birthday honours.

• The gothic set is designed by Ali Allen, with costumes designed by David Nixon OBE and lighting by Tim Mitchell.

• But as no further response was received, and neither BEIS nor the Cabinet Office followed up, the award of the OBE went ahead.

• Schmidt is a rural scientist who worked on the Bjelke-Petersen government’s drought programs in the 1980s and formed OBE organic beef.

Use OBE in a sentence.

• Shields, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list, said: "The Government has created a policy landscape that’s transformed the UK’s start-up scene.

• Choreographed by David Nixon OBE, and based on the Bram Stoker novel that has seduced countless generations, this timeless adaptation is a gothic ballet with dramatic bite.

• Professor Paul Gilbert, who in 2011 was awarded an OBE for his contribution to improving mental health, founded the mind treatment known as compassionate focused therapy (CFT).

• His unrivalled talent, accompanied by a shy and unassuming nature, endeared him to motorcycle racing fans across the world and his services to the sport and humanitarian work were recognised by being awarded an MBE and OBE in 1986 and 1996 respectively.

• Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, is made an OBE at the age of 86, while Professor Mary Nevill of Nottingham Trent University, and former chair of Scottish Swimming Maureen Campbell are made OBEs.

• This spectacular documentary looks at the lives of local residents, schoolchildren and visitors to the mountain with contributions from comedian Ed Byrne, broadcaster Stuart Maconie, mountaineer Alan Hinkes OBE and record-breaking fell runner Steve Birkinshaw.

• The disclosure follows a tribunal decision that in the public interest the government had to clarify why an OBE was given to Vijay Patel, the pharmaceutical businessman whose company had been accused of "profiteering" at the expense of the NHS through "extortionate" prices.

• Other Scottish sporting figures recognised in the honours list include former Scottish Football Association president Alan McRae, who gets an OBE, Scottish Athletics chairman Ian Beattie, Taekwondo instructor Julia Cross and Elgin City manager Gavin Price, who all receive MBEs.

OBE sentence examples

• John was awarded many accolades for his contribution to agriculture including a Master of Agriculture Degree from Queen’s University Belfast, the John Snell Medal from Cambridge’s National Institute of Agricultural Botany as well as an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1969.

• Acting Detective Sergeant Zac Idun from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, who led the family liaison response for victims following the Westminster and London Bridge attacks told BBC News he was "flabbergasted" when he found out he had been nominated for an OBE.

• The creator of Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks, Phil Redmond, has been knighted for services to broadcasting and arts in the regions, while writer and director Sally Wainwright, who has been behind some of biggest television dramas in recent years, including Gentleman Jack, is made OBE.

• Professor Martin Green OBE, Care England’s chief executive, said: “As the largest representative body for independent providers for adult social care, Care England remains concerned that the government has not given individuals with a learning disability a higher level of priority for the Covid vaccine.