Sentence examples for said distinguished from inspiring English sources

— Senator John McCain toured a nuclear power plant in Michigan on Tuesday to highlight his support for the construction of 45 new nuclear power generators by 2030, a position that he said distinguished him from his Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama.

The painter, he said, distinguished himself with bold brushwork, or portraits in which the body blends into the background.

In the speech he said: "Distinguished people gathered here, I, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, greet you.

This public interest, it was said, distinguished Goodwin, under whose stewardship RBS had to be bailed out with £45 billion of taxpayers' money, from "sportsmen or celebrities" – such as footballer Ryan Giggs – who do not normally carry out "official functions" unless their indiscretions were to impact upon, for example, their football team.

Hayden, he said, "distinguished himself as a paragon of political integrity and a great intellect".

"It's nothing but rubbish" says distinguished and scholarly architectural historian Robin Middleton, who formerly taught at Cambridge before joining the faculty at Columbia.

Those fans are largely white-collar professionals, said Wayne Flynt, distinguished professor emeritus of history at Auburn.

A spokesman for Lord Stevens said the distinguished police chief had been passed questions and request for comment.

But it did have "the kind of neighborhood I didn't think existed," Ms. Graham said, with distinguished houses, graceful streets and mature trees.

As it now stands, F.D.A. regulators "don't do anything until people get sick," said Carol Tucker Foreman, distinguished fellow for the Consumer Federation of America.

But who was he? 'He's a very plausible con man,' said the distinguished Professor Lawson-Young, head of a top medical institute.