Sentence examples for prestigious gathering from inspiring English sources

A striker with 15 goals in 17 games, his absence from the initial list of those invited to the more prestigious gathering was surprising.

Indeed some of the signatories are people who campaigned hard (if unsuccessfully in the end) for Istanbul to be selected for the 2016 international congress of Byzantine studies, a prestigious gathering.

The World Economic Forum, arguably the most prestigious gathering of the world's political, business and intellectual leaders (plus, absurdly, me and Robert Scoble), has officially opened at the tiny ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland.

I had the privilege of making up Elle Robbie Myersief Robbie Myers, whose vision for this prestigious gathering continues to make it bigger and better each year.

Although the event occurred at the same time as the Cannes Film Festival, it was not affiliated with the prestigious gathering and the movie was not screened there, a festival spokesperson said.

As a result of his anti-Taliban credentials and his support for Hamid Karzai, Wakil was rewarded with an important position in the province's post-Taliban administration, and was also made a member of the Loya Jirga, the prestigious gathering of tribal leaders that elected Karzai as President in June 2002.

He was soon making a name for himself at such prestigious gatherings as the Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival, where he won the New Folk Award in 1984.

Fresh from the folly of summer recesses, when children play and people around the world wrap up their vacations, various prestigious gatherings take place.

Of course we all make mistakes, but the difference is we're not all Olympic athletes in the public eye representing the United States of America at one of the most prestigious gatherings of all the world's countries.

It is the first time since 1976 that Iraq has participated in the prestigious art gathering.

Founded in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival is the world's most prestigious movie gathering, showcasing the cream of international cinema for discerning and sometimes cranky elites.