Sentence examples for most distinguished part from inspiring English sources

The origin of the class remains obscure, but the patricians were probably leaders of the more important families or clans who formed the major part, if not all, of the Senate of the primitive period, as well as the families from whom were drawn the most distinguished part of the early cavalry.

BRITTEN CENTENNIAL Few enjoy the rote attention that composers tend to get paid in major anniversary years, but the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center seems sincere in its season-long tribute to Benjamin Britten, who was born a century ago, in 1913, and whose chamber music is among the most distinguished parts of his wide-ranging output.

"The most distinguished and eloquent voice of racing.

Judging from the surviving works, easily the most distinguished of the painters active in this part of Europe was the Duke of Burgundy's painter, Melchior Broederlam, who lived and worked at Ypres.

This has deterred some of opera's most distinguished exponents; Maria Callas, though she recorded the part, never performed it on stage.

The first important pieces, such as the "Pegasus vase," were produced in the 1870s by John Northwood, and in the later part of the century the most distinguished cameo work was carried out by George Woodall.

He has received Korea's most distinguished cultural award (Kumkwan) for his contribution to Korean music.

Gibbons's full anthems are among his most distinguished works, as are the "little" anthems of four parts.

Among the cadet program's most distinguished graduates is former Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who rose from a part-time college worker to the department's top executive.

At the time of construction, the church and the buildings nearby were "Sydney's most distinguished structures ... on the highest ground, and, socially speaking, in the best part of the city".

Leading directors regularly offer him juicy parts, and he has worked in widely varied roles with many of the most distinguished names in film, including Pedro Almodóvar, Woody Allen, Milos Forman and Terrence Malick.