Sentence examples for a distinguished gathering of from inspiring English sources

By Branwyn Lancourt NEW YORK, USA, 10 June 2011 – Children and mothers must be at the centre of the global HIV/AIDS response, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake told a distinguished gathering of leaders in the fight against AIDS in New York last night.

This picture, which was offered last night before a distinguished gathering in the Criterion, is further evidence of Mr. Lubitsch's genius, for, while it is tearful, its story is unfurled in a poetic fashion, with an unexcelled performance by Lionel Barrymore and fine acting by Phillips Holmes and Nancy Carroll.

President Doti and his wife, Lynn flew to the nation's capital Monday to join Aharonov, the president and a contingent of Chapman sponsors for a week of distinguished gatherings in the scientist's honor.

It was all rather vague and bland, and the only member of that distinguished gathering not to pick the obvious holes in his argument was Geri Halliwell.

CNN anchor Soledad O'Brian was conference chair, in the company of a distinguished panel of women gathering to explore the use of meditation to heal anxiety, depression and suicidal tendencies in women and girls who have suffered trauma.

Some 300 individuals attended the three-day gathering, which included a distinguished group of presenters from both Oxford and Stanford, among other institutions.

Lord Crawford was a distinguished representative of a very ancient family.

He leaves a distinguished legacy of community service.

Fetter was a distinguished historian of economic thought and the father of another distinguished economic historian, Frank Whitson Fetter.

McLaughlin joins a distinguished line of British pier architects.

Vanier joins a distinguished group of Templeton laureates.