Sentence examples for eminent services from inspiring English sources

It is still awarded to "persons of distinction and any persons who have rendered eminent services to the borough".

Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972 allows for "honorary freemen or honorary freewomen" status to be given to persons of distinction and persons who have rendered eminent services to the borough.

A citizen, who was deemed worthy of being one of the competitors for the presidency, could scarcely fail of being distinguished by private virtues, by comprehensive acquirements, and by eminent services.

Gibbons recounted to the new Pope all that Ireland had done for the Church, and, as he himself said, he took the bull by the horns in expressing the wish that some great recognition be made of these eminent services.

Glowing eulogies were pronounced at his grave by distinguished statesmen, obituary addresses were delivered in the United States Senate, and, to the eminent services of the departed general, appreciative tributes were paid in both the Legislature of his State and Congress.

It did not have to equal that attached to the glory of Napoleon It did however need to render eminent services to the arts and sciences".

Order of Merit (O.M ., British honorary institution founded by Edward VII in 1902 to reward those who provided especially eminent service in the armed forces or particularly distinguished themselves in science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture.

For if a citizen who has rendered some eminent service to the state should add to the reputation and influence which he has thereby acquired the confident auda-city of being able to commit any wrong without fear of punishment, he will in a little while become so insolent and overbearing as to put an end to all power of the law .-Niccolo Machiavelaw .-Niccolo

Made a Member of the British Empire in 1970 – a year after he won all four grand slam tournaments in the same calendar year for the second time – Laver, 77, was one of just 10 recipients of the top honour, recognised for his "eminent service to tennis as a player, representative and mentor, at the national and international level, and as a role model for young sportsmen and women".

Bush received the AIEE's Edison Medal in 1943, "for his contribution to the advancement of electrical engineering, particularly through the development of new applications of mathematics to engineering problems, and for his eminent service to the nation in guiding the war research program".

Unlike many other four-star officers, General Myers did not graduate from one of the pre-eminent service academies but from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Kansas State University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.