Sentence examples for the sort of distinguished from inspiring English sources

In a way, he seems to have much in common with the sort of distinguished amateur naturalist who flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries.

But he was a big fan of something called ADT – automatic double tracking, a device which split a singer's voice in two to create the sort of effect that distinguished many pop records in the late 50s and early 60s.

While passages devoted to the characters' daily routines are energized by the sort of emotional detail that distinguished Ms. Brown's earlier books, this novel frequently lapses into embarrassingly flabby romance novel prose.

He was without a university degree or even an Abitur, the better sort of German high-school diploma; whether he had the sort of technical skills that distinguished Edward Snowden is not clear, but the fact that he was caught because he sent an unencrypted Gmail message to the Russian consulate offering to sell them documents makes it seem less likely.

"Plus," Nicky goes on, "the Prince of Darkness should have a sort of distinguished look to him.

Mr. Miles not only states and restates this argument throughout his book, but he also tries so hard to hammer home his points that the sort of close textual reading that distinguished his first book gives way in these pages to noisy sermonizing.

Surely $1 billion to save 10 million lives is a price we can afford?" It was a moment of plainspoken but passionate advocacy – just the sort of passion, combined with a distinguished record of support for child survival and development around the world, that led to today's agreement naming Queen Rania as UNICEF's first-ever Eminent Advocate for Children.

Their best-known song so far is Solo, which lifts the tinny beat from LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge, has a dolorous trebly bassline that is pure Peter Hook and features Chew Lips' frontwoman Tigs' sort of distinguished voice on top.

A distinguished physician, Tallis has also won recognition for his work in philosophy, literary theory and cultural criticism - just the sort of chap, one would think, to make sense of this state of affairs.

Greg Dyke's distinguished career at the top of the television industry has won him a reputation as a straight talking, no-nonsense leader - exactly the sort of figurehead the Football Association has been searching for.

If you like artfully crafted old-school black-and-white cinematography, of the sort that distinguished Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida, you may well be enraptured by Polish film Papusza.