Sentence examples for was conferred as from inspiring English sources

Surely this standing was conferred as much by what Hecataeus knew as by who he was.

Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country, and the word Dominion was conferred as the country's title.

In 2008, Tenzin Palmo was conferred as Jetsunma (reverend lady) in recognition of her spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism by the head of the Drukpa Lineage.

The certificate is conferred as soon as the coursework and research requirements listed below are completed.

This might indicate that benefits from the intervention are conferred as long as the process is not disrupted by further unplanned admissions to hospital.

The mood of stasis is conferred, as Alarcón's title suggests, through repetition.

Nothing but pure natural water may be used, and baptism must be conferred, as Jesus taught, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

If auteur status is conferred, as its early theorists argued, by a recognizable and consistent set of themes, gestures and motifs, then Mr. Soderbergh's résumé can start to look like a deliberate attempt to refute the theory.

The archbishop will be one of 30 church officials to receive the pallium, a vestment worn by the pope that is conferred as a mark of association with the papacy and its powers.

I do have experience of the pop world and the academic world but not to the extent of knowing a great deal of what it feels like to be honoured within their respective rituals (though I have been conferred as a visiting professor a couple of times and I have appeared on Top of the Pops [performing TV by The Flying Lizards in 1979]).

These awards are conferred as part of admissions offers.