Sentence examples for awarding of orders from inspiring English sources

Mr Siming had a natural experiment available to him in Sweden, whose parliament voted to forbid the awarding of orders of merit in 1974 after two centuries of doling them out.

With eerie overtones of Labor's 2010 leadership switcheroo, this is a decision that's been bubbling away since Abbott's awarding of the Order of Australia to Prince Philip.

This structure was very limited; in practice awards of the Order of the Bath were confined to officers of field rank.

She is a recipient of the Nigerian 'National Honours Award of the Order of the Federal Republic' and was inducted in the Nigerian Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.

Suslov was awarded several decorations and medals during his life; among them were two Hero of Socialist Labour awards, five Orders of Lenin, one Order of the October Revolution, and one first degree Order of the Patriotic War.

WARSAW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia awarded the Order of Friendship this week to Andrzej Wajda, the celebrated Polish film director, an event few Poles or Russians could have imagined taking place.

Princeton University professor Jan Tomasz Gross, 69, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 1996.

In 1972, Caymmi was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Bahia, an order given to Bahian residents for excellent service to the state.

In one of his clandestine meetings, Klingberg was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Soviet Union's second-rank decoration after the Order of Lenin.

He became a Companion of Honour and was awarded the Order of Merit by the queen.

Following the Intercosmos mission, Jähn was named a Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Order of Lenin, the Soviet Union's highest civilian honour.