Sentence examples for prestige acts from inspiring English sources

But digital technology has upended the way people hear music, making recordings less dependable commodities, so that the profits brought in by a Beyoncé may no longer pay for smaller prestige acts on her label, Sony Music — they probably just pay the bills.

This decision was achieved with the votes of maybe 20percentt of the membership of the ASA, but it is still an irritant, and a reminder to many Israelis and those who support Israel in the US, which constitutes a formidable majority of American public opinion, that there still are some who under the guise of academic prestige act as agents of collective hatred.

It is possible that Ine and Wihtred issued the law codes as an act of prestige, to re-establish authority after periods of disruption in both kingdoms.

Both prestige and similarity bias act to reduce the subset of potential models from whom suicide-related behaviour can be learned.

Despite high maintenance and fuel costs, the aircraft acts as a prestige emblem, drawing in the well-heeled corporate passengers British Airways, in particular, sees as its principal source of income.

He gained enough prestige from this event to act as dictator from March to July 1839, while the president was away.

Ms. Park's office said Mr. Yoon's "indecent acts damaged the national prestige," but it did not give details.

Executives struggling to reverse the company's recent revenue decline also play down the difficulty of the balancing act between value and prestige.

On HBO?? Starring Jude Law???" It's high-minded prestige television as high-wire circus act, that is made to grab eyeballs and generate conversation.

The three-act screenplay was deliberately structured around the three elements of the film's illusion: the pledge, the turn, and the prestige.

And here these two items clearly act to chastise and undercut the prestige of the historical documents.