Sentence examples for World prestige from inspiring English sources

He bemoaned Russia's loss of world prestige after the Soviet collapse.

Can't somebody tell the Americans that if they were to take soccer seriously and build a national team that could make even a decent showing in something like the World Cup, their world prestige would soar?

The King's Speech uses one man's enunciation stress as an excuse for a nostalgic glance at the last time, on the cusp of the second world war, when Britain enjoyed imperial world prestige – a little backwards patriotic fling for 2011 audiences prior to the jubilee and the London Olympics.

William Bush: "In the art world, prestige is a value builder.

The long, relative eclipse of de Kooning's art-world prestige, until the eighties, may have stemmed from that decision.

It was broadcast on Channel 4, staking a claim in the world of prestige drama.

In this fantasy world of prestige, multibillion dollar budgets and white elephants, even a shambles is thought better than cancellation.

Gen. Charles G. Norton to the pilots: "The encircling of the globe has been an acid test and a brilliant proof of expert flying and mechanical ability … I can but reiterate our gratitude to you, our gratitude for bringing to America, the birthplace of aviation, the gift that it has rightfully inherited — world air prestige".

No matter how good you are during your Sunday kickabouts in the park or your weekly squash matches, winning them won't see you steadily rise up the ranks, eventually taking on the best in the world for prestige and glory.

Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, Champagne 2002 (from £104, hedonism.co.uk; uncorked.co.uk; champagnedirect.co.uk) When compared to its more famous rivals in the oligarch-and-Premier-League-footballer-courting world of prestige cuvee Champagne, Billecart-Salmon's Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart passes for good value.

Being in the Expanding circle, English in Kazakhstan is perceived as a language of developed world and prestige.