Sentence examples for major figure of from inspiring English sources

Thorpe's status as a major figure of the establishment was in his favour.

Has any major figure of our time been so variously caricatured as Boris Yeltsin?

He will surely be seen as a major figure of 20th-century culture.

Now the political establishment's major figure of fun will be controlling the destiny of Canberra's politicians.

It confirmed once more and in new depth that he is a major figure of early Modernism.

Golding, for instance, was "the one major figure of the postwar era" lacking a big "Life".

Demonstrations erupt; major figures of the Old and New Wave make outraged speeches and sign petitions.

Among the major figures of contemporary musician-diplomats is the Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim.

The MacArthur Foundation has honored almost all the major figures of the jazz avant-garde with fellowships.

That Hume was one of the major figures of his century can hardly be doubted.

Major figures of Jewish philosophy include Philo Judaeus, Saadia ben Joseph, Moses Maimonides, and Benedict de Spinoza.