Sentence examples for illustrious pedigree from inspiring English sources

In the mean time, the rest of the world takes thoughtful advice and opinions from people who sometimes, while not having our illustrious pedigree, also have some very good ideas and sometimes better ones.

It was not seen as a painting of such importance that it should go on instant display, even though it had an illustrious pedigree, with previous owners including such famed art collectors as the princes of Liechtenstein.

So far, I have avoided the easiest way to defend cynicism, which is to point to its illustrious pedigree in the ancient Hellenic school of philosophy from which it gets its name.

The set up to the crux of the story is exquisitely mounted (no surprise, given Schamus' illustrious pedigree), but he invests little urgency into the proceedings – it's pleasing to watch, but hard to care.

Indeed, the team has an illustrious pedigree with contributors drawn from Orange, O'Reilly and Platial amongst others.

A student at Britain's Rugby School, Stephen Bragg says that his illustrious pedigree probably meant more to his headmaster than to his classmates, who were more concerned with rugby honors than scientific trophies.

Riva is 85 and Trintignant is 81 and they both trail long, illustrious pedigrees.

1997 Valderrama, Europe 14½ US 13½ A Spanish prodigy from an illustrious golfing pedigree; Ballesteros won five majors, including The Open three times, from 1979-1988.

Although the connection between Rome and Troy is unhistorical, the Romans of later time were so flattered by this illustrious mythical pedigree that they readily accepted it and incorporated it into their own folklore about the beginning of their city.

He spoke about his illustrious legal pedigree, briefly expounded on the role of the federal judge and, when asked how he could carry on after feeling threatened, responded plainly: "I have to, it's my job.

They have an illustrious, authentic pedigree (recipes for a Collins drink date back to the 1860s, and Jerry Thomas, the Herodotus of mixology, included one in the 1876 edition of his "Bar-Tender's Guide"), and a mix of summery refreshment and mild complexity that puts the still-prevalent gin-and-tonic to shame.