Sentence examples for Prestigious orders from inspiring English sources

It is attractive to assume that the first use of this technique in Bohemia was linked with the arrival of foreign masters, especially those from the area of Italy, working on prestigious orders in connection with the flourishing of the royal court.

After Sochi, Dr. Rodchenkov was awarded the prestigious Order of Friendship by President Vladimir V. Putin.

He was knighted in 1972 and was appointed to the prestigious Order of Merit a year later.

Two Conservative activists have received the next most prestigious order, the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).

In Spain de Soto married Isabel de Bobadillo, daughter of Dávila, and was accepted into the prestigious Order of Santiago.

(As Ben Judah reminds us in a post at Politico, Putin awarded Lee Russia's prestigious Order of Honor).

In 1987 he was awarded the prestigious "Order of Merit Agricole" by the French Government for his promotion of French wines in the US.

A writer from a young age, he rose to fame quickly in the Soviet Union's early days, winning the prestigious Order of Lenin, among many awards.

He was awarded the prestigious Order of Merit (there are only 24 at any one time), but his public life shrouded his secret homosexuality and, with it, a longing for the exotic East.

He gave Francesco a promise of funds and a warm welcome, awarding him the prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece and commissioning from Velázquez a large painting of the duke on horseback.

To lift the prestigious Order of Merit for the first time, Harrington needs to finish ahead of Goosen and by a margin sufficient to eclipse the 23,119 euros that separate them atop the money list.