Sentence examples for leading light for from inspiring English sources

However, it is Mr Street's chain that had provided a leading light for its peers.

Porter, Tin Pan Alley's showiest wordsmith, has long been the leading light for Muldoon as he infiltrates the American songbook.

"I'm hearing from gay people all over the country who thought Ocean Grove was the leading light for gay tolerance and that's not the case anymore," Mr. Goldstein said.

Apple should be viewed as a leading light for manufacturers and retailers seeking the business of women.

And Dame Zaha will be seen as a leading light for any architect, especially female architects who have come from abroad and are living in Britain, to show that they can succeed in this country even through all the brickbats you receive along the way.

He's Australia's leading light for sensible drug harm reduction policies but he's also one of the most vocal supporters of lockout laws; he recently entered a five-page submission to the Callinan review of Sydney's lockouts arguing strongly for the government to keep the restrictions in place.

The glassmaker Steuben may not be known for cutting-edge style, but it has attracted some of the design world's leading lights for an inaugural exhibition in its new store, at 667 Madison Avenue (61st Street), formerly the Shanghai Tang emporium.

A leading light of the United Development Party, for example, broke ranks and set up a political vehicle of his own, taking many voters with him.

As the Mothers of Invention, the band was remade in Zappa's eclectic vision, and it became a leading light of underground rock as much for its music as for its caustic satires of the earnestness and indulgence of the hippie era.

Marianne Hoppe, a leading light of the German stage for much of the 20th century, died here on Oct. 23.

Briar has been a leading light of the homeschool musical scene for the past several years but is obliged to retire, since he is about to enroll in his first academic institution: the High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies, in Chinatown.