Sentence examples for but prestigious from inspiring English sources

They include the independent but prestigious Sustainability Council of New Zealand.

There is also the high-profile International prize for Arabic fiction (IPAF), funded out of the Emirates; and the small but prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal, based in Egypt.

Mr. Miroshnichenko — like the far more absurd but prestigious Boris Eifman — is one of the post-Soviet generation who have not outgrown the ghastly overambitiousness of the old climate.

Curtis, who became the first woman to run the Tate when she joined in 2010, will leave to take the top job in Lisbon's small but prestigious Calouste Gulbenkian museum.

Designed by Jared Della Valle and Andrew Bernheimer of Della Valle Bernheimer, a small but prestigious architecture firm in Dumbo, Brooklyn, the inverted peak building is a case study for architects in selling high design in a turbulent market.

In 1603 the powerless but prestigious imperial court, which over the years had dutifully assigned Ieyasu titles that reflected his growing power, appointed him shogun (generalissimo), thereby acknowledging that this most powerful daimyo in Japan was the man officially authorized to keep the peace in the emperor's name.

His new venture is called Innovation Works, and it's a sort of angel fund/incubator to help encourage Chinese entrepreneurs to eschew staid-but-prestigious corporate tech life and start a company instead.

But is still competing in the Europa League, a second-tier but still prestigious competition, where it will play Thursday against the noted French team Olympique de Marseille.

The Alhambra meets the Hilton at the faded but still prestigious Hotel El Minzah (Rue de la Liberté 85; 212-39-333-444; www.elminzah.com).

But however prestigious, these six-furlong races are in the modern era generally a guide to future sprinting, rather than Classic, talent.

In addition to publishing The News of the World and The Sun, News International owns The Times of London, a smaller but more prestigious paper.