Sentence examples for distinguished did from inspiring English sources

Eight years ago it looked as if the women of America would, almost on their own, elect her their presidential nominee, so distinguished did she seem as a U.S. Senator and former First Lady.

That wouldn't necessarily be a problem if the music in this nearly sung-through show were more distinguished (or did a better job of distinguishing one character from the next).

Mr. Marcelino, who in nearly 20 years of service at the commission has received several agency awards for distinguished service, did not respond to calls left at his home and office for comment.

"The invitation by an academic center on a college campus, even one named for a distinguished individual, does not constitute either legitimation or endorsement," Botstein wrote.

He also criticised the panel advising Leveson, describing them as "a panel of experts who, while honourable and distinguished people, don't have the faintest clue how mass-selling newspapers operate".

He criticised the panel of experts – or "assessors" – who are advising Lord Justice Leveson, describing them as "a panel of experts who, while honourable and distinguished people, don't not have the faintest clue how mass-selling newspapers operate".

The revelation that, from 1967 to 1971, Barack Obama lived in Jakarta with his mother, a distinguished anthropologist, does not seem to have provoked broadened interest in Indonesian history and culture — as distinct from the speculation that the President of the United States might have been brought up a Muslim.

The Herald, which regularly shows up on lists of the country's most distinguished dailies, does take a certain amount of pride in providing the sort of crime coverage that is not typical of newspapers on such lists, but it does not have the sort of single-minded interest in juicy felonies that characterized the New York tabloids Edna used to read to her grandmother.

With its uneasy fit between guidebook and biography, this book on leadership from a man with such distinguished experience does not reach its full potential.

Daniel Delattre, a distinguished French papyrologist, did not remove his suit jacket.

Her mother, Anna Gmeyner, was a novelist and playwright; her father, Berthold, was a distinguished physiologist who did research on artificial insemination.