Sentence examples for affirmation of having from inspiring English sources

And several finalists had the affirmation of having studied at renowned institutions: Curtis Institute of Music, the Academy of Vocal Arts and Juilliard.

Crossing something off a list is achievement, success, affirmation of having accomplished at least something today (even if, actually, I achieved it yesterday!).

Margin-widths, paper-weight, font-size, not to mention footnote-placement, citation-conventions, bibliography-arrangement, and chapter-formatting combine with the discipline of research and the art of composition to constitute a rite of passage - the key, Levitical concept, of course, being 'rite' - that instills in one's very identity the affirmation of having attained a certain degree.

"So living light is no sacrifice for me – it's an affirmation of freedom, of having the greatest amount of time available for what motivates me.

Within the context of Capita it is not the numbers as much as the affirmation of Capita having been selected to deliver the project that matters.

LAFAYETTE, La. — This is expected to be a formality, one of the lawyers said, a simple affirmation of what has already been put on paper.

The storm of applause for the conductor, for the singers, and for the incomparable Bayreuth chorus seemed not only an affirmation of what had just been heard but a protest against the previous night.

Today is a great affirmation of what I've been doing and what I've done.

The process of affirmation has been a long one.

Both he and General Dempsey said the new policy was in many ways an affirmation of what they had seen was already occurring on the battlefield, where women have frequently found themselves in combat over the past decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan — although not officially recognized for it, and therefore held back in a military in which combat experience is crucial to advancement.

And if her daily reminder was an affirmation of who we had become, or of who she imagined us to be, it also must have been a way to quash the fear that regularly bubbled up inside of her.