Paynter was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

Whoever killed Mrs Wallace attained a distinction accorded to few murderers.

The equivalent of British knighthood, the appointment is a rare distinction accorded to Canadian citizens for achievement or service.

She seemed gratified by my attention, and treated me with a distinction accorded by her to no one else.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

On July 21, 1896, a large landscape entitled "Piccolo Piazza, Ana Capri" was accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, a distinction accorded few American artists.

My wife, Betsey, and I had driven out from Perth because we had learned that Mr. Fabrègues, a protégé of Joël Robuchon, held the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France, a distinction accorded to only a handful of chefs.

Smith is also a Certified Public Funds Investment Manager, a distinction accorded by the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada, after testing on knowledge of the management of issues related to state and local treasurer's offices.

He was twice named in the Australian baseball team but the team was named only for the distinction accorded on the players.

The domestic setting of the theoxenia was a characteristic distinction accorded to the Dioskouroi.