Sentence examples for famous outstanding from inspiring English sources

In so doing, Wiles not only solved the most famous outstanding conjecture in mathematics but also triumphantly vindicated the sophisticated and difficult methods of modern number theory.

The spiral and quadratrix were prominent in such discussions, because, as noted above, they could be used to address some of the more famous outstanding geometrical problems, namely, angle trisection and squaring the circle.

At last a museum success story.Amsterdam is famous for its outstanding galleries.

Solon of Athens (594 bce), who had been preceded in 621 by Draco, is the best known of a number of famous lawgivers, other outstanding ones being Zaleucus of Locri Epizephyrii (south Italy) and Charondas of Cantana; Lycurgus of Sparta is considered legendary.

"We have famous names of outstanding achievement," the Rev. Jesse Jackson told me.

Staffed entirely by medical women, the institution became famous for its outstanding success with the radium treatment of cervical cancer at a time when radical surgery was still regarded as the mainstay of treatment in "operable" cases.

As a matter of fact, all over the world, decision makers have often hired famous architects to design outstanding buildings that seldom really transformed the surrounding shantytowns into better places.

And who can forget my personal favorite "shut the supply-siders up" chart -- the hopefully now famous "total federal debt outstanding chart.

"There was open talk that he should not be made responsible for his deeds because he is an outstanding, world-famous film-maker," Kaczyński said.

The Des Moines Register became famous for its editorials, its outstanding statewide news coverage, and its editorial cartoons.

It's a famous place, an area of outstanding natural beauty where the Spanish Cajun settled to become planters and fisherman.