Sentence examples for eminent achievement from inspiring English sources

In his book Hereditary Genius, writing before the development of IQ testing, he proposed that hereditary influences on eminent achievement are strong, and that eminence is rare in the general population.

"That is for eminent achievement.

Oliphant was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1959, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1977 "for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of public service and in service to the crown".

Olympians are about pre-eminent achievement.

He said: "This special recognition may be extended to Australians of extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit".

This is for pre-eminent achievement," said Abbott, grinning widely at his successful use of a prefix.

– After years of waiting for Democrats to acknowledge President Obama's pre-eminent achievement – health care reform – it was good to hear them talk about it with pride from the convention stage on Tuesday night.

"This special recognition may be extended to Australians of extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit," Abbott said in March last year, when reintroducing the system that was scrapped in 1989.

He said the new tier of honours would be an "important grace note" in Australia's national life, extended at his recommendation, and the Queen's approval, "to Australians of extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit".

He said it would only go to those of "extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit".

Francis Galton (1822 1911) was a pioneer in investigating both eminent human achievement and mental testing.