He donated 28 pounds sterling to Yale College in 1745 " as a small acknowledgement of the sense I have for the favour and Education my sons have had there.

Perhaps in that office he would have, for the first time, found an opportunity of showing the full extent of his powers, for those who knew him best had long recognised that he possessed to an exceptional degree the high qualities of steady judgment and sterling good sense, combined with a complete and utter selflessness and integrity of purpose.

In " The Adventure of the Priory School ", Holmes rubs his hands with glee when the Duke of Holdernesse notes the 6, 000 pound sterling sum, which surprises even Watson, and then pats the cheque, saying, " I am a poor man ", an incident that could be dismissed as representative of Holmes's tendency toward sarcastic humour.

The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival with The Independent noting " sterling support comes from Melanie Lynskey as Whitacre's ever-loyal wife ".

In the afternoon, Mrs. Peters comes back to her hotel after enjoying a relaxing few hours reading a detective novel in a shady spot only to find that a ransom note has been delivered – her son has been kidnapped and the demand is for ten thousand pounds sterling.

Treasury notes had full legal tender status and were not convertible for gold through the Bank of England, replacing the gold coin in circulation to prevent a run on sterling and to enable raw material purchases for armament production.

The United States backed this proposal by putting pressure on the British government through the selling of sterling, which would cause it to depreciate.

Ray, under the name Michel de Carvalho, later became a prominent British businessman and, through his wife, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, is the majority shareholder in the Heineken brewing company, worth over £ 8, 000, 000, 000 sterling as of 2002.

The kwacha replaced other types of currency, namely the UK pound sterling, the South African rand and the Rhodesian dollar, that had previously circulated through the Malawian economy.

It was through Twentyman that Liverpool found the new players and, after Shankly retired, Twentyman gave sterling service to Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan by finding players like Phil Neal, Alan Hansen and Ian Rush.

The party's policies included the establishment of a central bank ( at this time, the Free State was still part of the sterling area, and the Bank of Ireland served as lender to the government ), deflation through pay cuts, protectionism, an end to the Anglo-Irish Trade War and the removal of rates on agricultural land.

In 1955 the British sterling coinage was replaced with a new decimal coinage which was simultaneously introduced through all the British territories in the Eastern Caribbean.

The notes were transferred through various channels to banks in the Persian Gulf area, who tendered them to the Reserve Bank for redemption into sterling.

Once the initial exchange is completed, further supplies of special notes will be obtainable by the Persian Gulf banks under the existing arrangements for obtaining notes from India, namely, through payment of sterling.

Because Rokushō has a dramatically different effect on sterling silver than on the alloys typically fused to it in bi-metals, a common technique in art jewelry is to engrave through the alloy layer in a pattern to reveal the silver underneath prior to patination.

Pakistan won the match after sterling all-round performance by Wasim Akram who scored 33 runs and picked up 3 crucial wickets to make Pakistan cricket world champions for the first and as of yet only time.

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama noted, "... Preity Zinta, in an author-backed role ... steals the show with a sterling performance.

The Carlton team presented him with a silver eggcup, " for sterling performance ", which Woodfull presented to Miller during an algebra class.

Despite his sterling on-field performance, Chargers GM A. J.

Despite a sterling performance between the sticks Arsenal lost 2 – 1.

During Operation Vijay 1999 during Indo-Pak Kargil War, the units of the regiment displayed sterling performance marked with exceptional valour and grit in the face of the enemy.

In 2009 and 2010, the school emerged top in the K. C. S. E results posting sterling performance.

In 2009 and 2010, the school emerged top in the K. C. S. E results posting sterling performance.

' ster ' loop does not come in the beginning of a word ( sterling ).

The " 1822 Turner-McTaggart cabin " where Elizabeth was born survives at Thorah Beach as does the engraved sterling silver trowel used in the Town Hall ceremony of 1910.

" According to a number of people present in the studio that day, Crosby burst into tears but eventually completed the song's harmony part with sterling results.

The name of the pound sterling (£) reflects the fact it originally represented the value of one pound Tower weight of sterling silver ; other historical currencies, such as the French livre, have similar etymologies.

In the 1st century AD, sterling qualities such as those enumerated above by Fénelon ( excepting perhaps belief in the brotherhood of man ) had been attributed by Tacitus in his Germania to the German barbarians, in pointed contrast to the softened, Romanized Gauls.

This argument to the pocket quickly had its effect, and licences were applied for in such numbers that, in royalties for the use of his process, Bessemer received a sum in all considerably exceeding a million pounds sterling.

Between the wars, American exponents of the sterling example set to Britain by National Prohibition, such as William " Pussyfoot " Johnson and Dr Armor, toured the country, to be met with derision, and in Johnson's case, violence.

" The Governor General had formed a strong bond with his prime minister, even if it may have been built more on political admiration than personal friendship ; while Mackenzie King appreciated his " sterling rectitude and disinterested purpose ," despite being wary of Buchan's vices ( such as his penchant for titles ),

This in part reflects the absence of wilderness areas in heavily cultivated Europe, as well as a longstanding interest in laissez-faire government in some countries, like the UK, leaving it as no coincidence that John Muir, the British-born founder of the National Park movement ( and hence of government-sponsored conservation ) did his sterling work in the USA, where he was the motor force behind the establishment of such NPs as Yosemite and Yellowstone.

As with all British coinage, the technical specifications are the same as those of coins issued by sterling zone territories such as the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey and Gibraltar.

Historically, non-decimal currencies were much more common, such as the British pound sterling before decimalisation in 1971.

The European court ruled that the Teacake was not, in fact, a biscuit but a cake and as such Marks and Spencer have begun a legal battle in the UK to retrieve the taxes paid which could amount to as much as 3. 5 million UK pounds sterling ($ 5. 6 million ).

Contracts vary, but are often defined on an interest rate index such as 3-month sterling or US dollar LIBOR.

Within its own production facility the Franklin Mint made coins for foreign countries, theme-based medals and ingots, plus many other minted items such as wall-plaques, appliques for other collectibles, and embossed or etched sterling silver plates.

Other monetary unit subdivision systems are possible, such as the British pound sterling, which until decimalisation in 1971 was subdivided into 20 shillings ( s ), of 12 old pence ( d ) each, making a pound equivalent to 240 pence.

Throughout the 1970s, it was becoming clear from all sides that radical change was needed as a result of such economic crises as the 1973 oil shock, high inflation, industrial unrest and sterling devaluation, but 1970s governments lacked in totality the political will and leadership, the House of Commons majority, and the intellectual basis from which to change the system until the Conservatives led by Margaret Thatcher won the 1979 general election.

In some cases sterling silver or gold plating were used on metal finish elements such as the golden " fly " atop the nose of a rainbow trout.

Knives such as this, with a blade shaped like that of the Bowie knife, but with a pronounced false edge, are today called " Sheffield Bowie " knives, because this blade shape became so popular that cutlery factories in Sheffield, England were mass-producing such knives for export to the U. S. by 1850, usually with a handle made from either hardwood, deer antler, or bone, and sometimes with a guard and other fittings of sterling silver.

When the United Kingdom abandoned the gold standard in 1931, the British Honduras dollar continued with its attachment to the US dollar unit, and as such it did not become part of the sterling bloc.

There are computer bulletin boards such as ScubaBoard that, at their best provide sterling advice: " How to find an excellent SCUBA class ," but that at their worst can be less than accurate.

Claire's sells accessories such as costume jewelry, sterling silver and 14kt gold earrings, hypoallergenic earrings, hair accessories, purses, wallets, belts, socks, tights, legwarmers, sunglasses, and hats.

This has allowed the technique to include many nontraditional components such as titanium, platinum, iron, bronze, brass, nickel silver, and various colors of karat gold including yellow, white, sage, and rose hues as well as sterling silver.

The term originates from the value of a pound weight () of high purity silver and as such is a direct cognate of the British pound sterling ; in some countries, such as Cyprus and Malta, the words lira and pound were used as equivalents, before the euro was adopted in 2008 in the two countries.

Traveler's cheques are available in several currencies such as U. S. dollars, Canadian dollars, Pounds sterling, Japanese yen, Chinese Yuan and Euro ; denominations usually being 20, 50, or 100 ( x100 for Yen ) of whatever currency, and are usually sold in pads of five or ten cheques, e. g., 5 x € 20 for € 100.