Sentence examples for local prestige from inspiring English sources

Lingala enjoys a great deal of local prestige among the masses.

Under his administration, that growing industrial city developed many municipal services and amenities, and his local prestige became unshakable.

But the suspicion that they are not in it simply for the pleasure of owning a football club, or even for the local prestige that motivated the chairmen of earlier eras, is seeping like a slow-acting poison into the body of the league.

Retreating to St. Ives during World War II and remaining there until her death, Hepworth built herself a local prestige within the Cornish art scene, as well as an international presence with her elegant stone, wood, and bronze works.

Most patrons were noblemen or landed gentry who could use their local influence, prestige, and wealth to sway the voters.

Despite its prestige, local advantage and engineering prowess, Cornell was considered a bit of an underdog in the competition.

Although the Shīʿite notables of southern Iraq continued to enjoy considerable local influence and prestige, they were inclined to identify with Shīʿite Iran and to resent the Sunnite-dominated Ottoman administration.

But what has irked German politicians and labour representatives most is the offer to sacrifice Frankfurt's Xetra automated share-trading system in favour of Euronext's NSC platform, at the cost of local jobs and prestige.It seems that Deutsche Börse has gone as far as it can, apart from perhaps sweetening the value of its bid.

Zhu's leadership made him a figure of immense prestige; locals even credited him with supernatural abilities.

This is a legacy of the mid-1990s, when it became a matter of prestige for local party officials to have their own, local, brewery.

"I Have Found It," affectionately spoofing the conventions of Indian popular cinema (or Bollywood), also pays tribute to Bollywood's local pervasiveness and global prestige.