How do you use Delors in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Using Delors
- In the example corpus, delors often appears in combinations such as: jacques delors, delors delors, delors had.
Context around Delors
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Delors
- In this selection, "delors" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jacques, commission, architect and rescued stand out and add context to how "delors" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and mr delors and delors an ardent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "delors" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with delors
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Delors rescued the European Community from the doldrums. (8 words)
Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr. (9 words)
Delors’s achievement as commission president would not have been possible without major political allies. (15 words)
He is seen as the most successful President, being credited with having given the Community a sense of direction and dynamism. citation The International Herald Tribune noted the work of Delors at the end of his second term in 1992: "Mr. (41 words)
Delors, an ardent advocate of post-war European integration, served as president of the European Commission, the EU executive, for three terms – longer than any other holder of the office – from January 1985 until the end of 1994. (38 words)
Delors had enjoyed the Parliament's and the Council's support for his whole term, during which, through treaty changes, the Parliament increased in powers and, through the accession of new Member States, the Council increased in membership. (38 words)
Example sentences (10)
Recently appointed Commission President Jacques Delors ( Delors Commission ) presided over the adoption of the European flag by the Communities in 1986.
But Braudel’s and Delors’s warnings fell on deaf ears in the member states, who feared (and still fear) that a more federal and social Europe would undermine national sovereignty.
Conservative former chancellor Lord Clarke of Nottingham said Europe had its “most powerful and reforming leadership” during the era of Helmut Kohl as German chancellor, Francois Mitterrand as French president, Mrs Thatcher and Mr Delors.
Current European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Delors had "shaped entire generations of Europeans, including mine" and was "a visionary who made our Europe stronger".
Delors, an ardent advocate of post-war European integration, served as president of the European Commission, the EU executive, for three terms – longer than any other holder of the office – from January 1985 until the end of 1994.
Delors’s achievement as commission president would not have been possible without major political allies.
Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr.
Delors had enjoyed the Parliament's and the Council's support for his whole term, during which, through treaty changes, the Parliament increased in powers and, through the accession of new Member States, the Council increased in membership.
Delors rescued the European Community from the doldrums.
He is seen as the most successful President, being credited with having given the Community a sense of direction and dynamism. citation The International Herald Tribune noted the work of Delors at the end of his second term in 1992: "Mr.
Common combinations with delors
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: