Sentence examples for bestowed recognition from inspiring English sources

But the issue of Indian casinos has taken on a special urgency in Connecticut since late June, when the Bureau of Indian Affairs bestowed recognition on a third tribe, the Eastern Pequots, to the alarm of many state and local officials.

Historically architecture as a profession has bestowed recognition on its participants mostly in a later stage of their careers and in many cases they are given their first important projects after their fifties.

Loss, it will be noticed, can bestow recognition and reputation almost as firmly as dominant, repeated victory.

The vote is for upgrading representation at the U.N., and only individual states can bestow recognition on Palestine.

Open to all charities with an income of less than £1m, the award scheme aims to bestow recognition and prestige.

The questions now are: whether that hesitance to bestow recognition could be eroding, as witnessed by Kosovo and Russia's action in Georgia; and whether other independence movements will use the recognition of the two enclaves to further their own ambitions by citing similar grievances.

India not only became the second non-communist country in the world to bestow recognition on Mao's pariah state; it was also, in Nehru's words, the most passionate pleader of China's "cause in the councils of the world".

It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting.

In recent years, Taylor-Barnes has kept her husband's spirit alive in a gracious and practical manner: by bestowing recognition - and $5,000 - on two young, up-and-coming artists each year.

It was bestowed in recognition of special service rendered to the conservation of flora and fauna.

The evening after I meet him, he scores GQ magazine's Man of the Year 2010 award (an honour at least partly bestowed in recognition of handsomeness).