Sentence examples for distinguished predecessors from inspiring English sources

On her debut Decca recording Ms. Cabell (whose distinguished predecessors at Cardiff included Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bryn Terfel and Karita Mattila) offers an intelligent mix of popular and infrequently programmed works, which highlight her elegant and agile voice.

And he has not been bashful about picking the brains of several of his distinguished predecessors.

Pickard said: ""I am honoured to be asked to take up the role of director, BBC Proms, and to follow in the line of such distinguished predecessors.

But as one of Macpherson's distinguished predecessors, Sir Douglas Allen, used to say, what matters is not budget balance, let alone budget surplus, but a balanced economy.

He also leads a program of works by two of his most distinguished predecessors, Gyorgy Kurtag and Gyorgy Ligeti, on Saturday.

You argue that John R. Bolton does not belong in the company of his distinguished predecessors who have represented the United States before the United Nations.

Like its distinguished predecessor, the bus boasts an open platform.

Doesn't the Attorney-General recall how idiotic his distinguished predecessor looked?

Van Gaal's most distinguished predecessor, Sir Alex Ferguson, ended up as an inveterate tinkerer of teams.

Rather like his distinguished predecessor, Lord Lawson, Osborne has become obsessed by "rules".

Unlike his distinguished predecessor, Hines could also sing the German and Russian repertory, in addition to Italian and French.