Sentence examples for of higher standing from inspiring English sources

In other words, the more we believe that one has the opportunity for success based on hard work, the more we tend to think that people who skip leisure and work all the time are of higher standing.

One day the job may well be his, but for now England will be looking for a candidate of higher standing on the international stage.

That Italy is keen on the idea is hardly surprising: pooling its poor credit ratings with others of higher standing would lower its borrowing costs and reduce the risk, albeit small, that it might have its financing cut off.

In this respect they are in a much more advantageous position than the executive directors of the International Monetary Fund, who live in Washington, D.C., and have less contact with their home governments; they also tend to be persons of higher standing and authority.

Turbans were popular with men of higher standing and people used umbrellas made with bamboo or reeds.

An odd predilection arose on the part of various republican politicians, including those "of higher standing", for "praising D. Pedro II and the monarchy".

RESULTS: Higher standing on Activity and Discipline and lower standing on Assertiveness predicted greater odds of engaging in LTPA and longer duration of LTPA, and higher standing on Aesthetics predicted shorter duration of LTPA.

Doreh and Khadar were men of high standing who had publicly condemned the Shabaab.

Pools of high standing water are apparent all around the region.

Hanging on the walls are strange paintings by Sickert, an artist of high standing and founder of the Camden Town Group (later known as the London Group).

The intensive major The intensive major is for students of high standing who are qualified to do sustained independent and original work in music research or in composition.