Sentence examples for a distinguished background from inspiring English sources

"Judge Sotomayor is certainly a fine person with an impressive story and a distinguished background," the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said this week.

But the Philadelphia-born Layton -- he majored in meteorology and minored in music at West Chester State Teachers College -- has a distinguished background.

A passionate activist with a distinguished background in law, Crenshaw reels off cases of women killed by police officers in front of their families, friends or even cameras.

Like her husband, she hailed from a distinguished background - she is the youngest child of a prominent revolutionary and a trained lawyer who also studied at Peking University.

Like her husband, she hails from a distinguished background - she is the youngest child of General Gu Jingsheng, a prominent revolutionary.

She was 15 years younger than he, and from an even more socially distinguished background.

To this end, pictures were taken at a 10×3.3 magnification and on these a standardized threshold procedure was used that distinguished background from specific IR.

Judge Ferris, 56, an immigration judge since 1994, has a distinguished legal background.

When Downer became leader of the Liberal Party of Australia on May 23 , 1994 he faced not only a party in disarray but also the burden of his distinguished background.

There is no mention in class of Mr. Kernighan's distinguished background.

"They've built a tremendous company; they are people with distinguished backgrounds.