Sentences with phrase «as the century passes»

The very fact, therefore, that the Hebrews conquered Palestine, settled in towns, developed private property in land, broke up into economically unequal classes, chose various crafts and businesses, and, as the centuries passed, became part of the diversified international civilization of their day, meant of necessity the gradual diminution of the old tribal cohesion and its associated ideas.

As the centuries passed, however, «holiness» changed its meaning, and in the change can be seen the increasing possibility of private prayer.

By such a statement we do not mean, of course, that the same span of time follows as precedes that event — this is only very approximately true and will become increasingly less true as the centuries pass.

At first this expectation was doubtless emotional in its appeal, as Mussolini stirs Italians now by pictures of a new Roman Empire, but as the centuries passed and the powerful theological conviction that Israel was a chosen people in special covenant relationship with Yahweh blended with the national dream, the coming Messianic age became increasingly a fixed idea and a cherished dogma.

As the century passed, moreover, government regulation of economic, intellectual, and social life increased.

However, for the countries of Western Europe, as the centuries passed and memories of Holy Wars gave way to the hopes of the enlightenment, the boundaries of Christendom became gradually less important than the boundaries of «Western civilization» which were both culturally and politically narrower than those of Christendom.

Through the medieval period to the Tudors, dating was absolutely core to the social structure of the city, and as the centuries passed, the Victorians took that structure to stuffy new heights — or depths, depending on how you want to look at it.

Staple foods come and go as the centuries pass, but one of the most persistent foods in the western hemisphere is corn, also known as maize.

Just like the Chaos consumed the world, darkness has burrowed into their hearts as centuries passed by them.

How much more of an increase might we expect to see as the century passes?

Not exact matches

Though thick, lavishly illustrated Sunday papers became popular in the United States during the late 19th century as a form of weekend leisure, religious pressure to ban labour and trade on Sundays assured that Saturday papers remained the more popular weekend reading in Canada — something cemented by the passing of the federal Lord's Day Act in 1906.

Such major studios as United Artists, Universal and Disney (DIS) all passed on George Lucas» peculiar little science fiction project, and finally it was 20th Century Fox that grudgingly said yes.

But even in the corporate application which was originally intended, the principle became increasingly difficult to maintain, as century after century passed, and the Jewish people found themselves in a worsening situation of poverty and oppression, in spite of their endeavours to keep the law of God.

The silliest of these is the old myth — which I used to think was the invention of some nineteenth - century Protestant clergyman, but which is in fact considerably older — that the «Needle's Eye» was a particularly low gate in the walls of Jerusalem, through which a laden camel could not pass without being unburdened or even (as one zoologically illiterate version has it) crawling through on its knees.

His influence has grown with the passing of the years and has never been so powerful as in the past century and a quarter.

But to debate the explosive growth of Christianity in the first century and pass it off as an argument and not recognized it as historical fact recognized by any historian....

As the years passed, Eliot grew increasingly pessimistic about the possibility of reaching a Christian consensus in the West, resigning himself to the prospect of «centuries of barbarism.»

However, millenniums and centuries have passed by, but we, as of now, have the largest population of poor people in the world.

As the century has passed, the church market for theological writings of the sort I will emphasize has declined drastically.

-- or provides pompous and unhelpful footnotes (a reference to spectacles compels Rufus to explain that reading glasses «as we now know them, with attachments passing over the ears, were an English invention of the last century»).

Sister and Brother marriage could take place because there was no health problems - in the beginning; but as time passed (many centuries) brother / sister marriage offspring now results in a haemophile person.

As provisions of the just - war theory passed into the developing corpus of international law in the 17th century, they retained their categorical or absolutist character.

Through the centuries life has become an increasingly heavy burden for Man the Species, just as it does for Man the Individual as the years pass.

One is the belief in progress.4 The expectation that life gets better for most people as time passes has been widespread since the 18th century.5 A basic source of the confidence in progress is the Biblical idea that the Kingdom of God will come at the end of time.

It is of no surprise to us that Epiphanius (the Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus), writing in 375 - 378, [47] almost two centuries after the birth of the Montanist movement, in his book Panarion (Medicine Chest against all heresies), could pass judgement on the Montanists as follows:

He said: «As we see you, as we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of eviAs we see you, as we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of evias we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of evil.

Where Wellhausen left off, Bloom has picked up — only dismissively sensitive to the fact that a century of scholarship has passed since Wellhausen did his work, picking and choosing from the intervening period as he sees fit.

In the context of our title, humanity refers not to a particular human being or to a group of individuals, but to mankind as a whole, linked, despite passing differences, throughout the centuries (so we speak of «the history of humanity»).

The goal was lessons on discipline, work ethic and equality: A working - class man whose ancestors had come to America from Germany in the 18th century as indentured servants had no intention of passing along the ways of racial segregation that marked that place in time.

The 22 - year old, widely regarded as one of the world's most promising centre backs, spent more than three years at Everton where he built a reputation as a ball - playing, 21st century defender, equally adept at neutralising opposition attacks as launching the first key pass out of the defensive third.

a play action pass or a sweep to the outside using the FB as lead blocker would be nice once a game / season / century

But one thing is being said to us from Wenger and another is being delivered, every year; they have grown, they will learn from last year, they have matured, they have the right MENTALITY, but another year has passed and I do nt see them having learned anything from the past hurts that weve endured, shocking home losses to sides with nowhere near the facilities we have, hull last season is a century ago to those who wish to forget it, yet it resumed again this season with WBA and Newcastle, shocking capitulations against Spurs and Newcastle, yet the same was done last year at Blackburn, Birminham, Spurs and, who could forget, Wigan, where another 2 - 0 lead was surrendered, a physio bill as long as Man Citys wage bill, but that wasnt planned for, even though injuries are the one thing we can depend every year.

As a result of this sentiment, health care in the 19th century was primarily home - based, relying on advice books and wisdom passed through generations.

In the mid-20th century, she writes, governments looked to marriage licenses as a way to distribute resources to dependents, enacting the Social Security Act of 1935 to give married couples more benefits and the right to pass them on to spouses.

Magna Carta was repeatedly reissued over the course of the following century, as the 1225 version passed onto the statute books and became the authoritative standard handed down to future generations.

Venus orbits the Sun, but not exactly on the same plane as the Earth, so it only passes directly between us and the Sun — what astronomers call a transit; think of it as a «mini-eclipse» — every century or so (and then, due to the odd dance of gravity, it happens in pairs separated by 8 years).

After this debacle, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, a law that many have interpreted as designed to bring voting practices into the 21st century.

Two centuries later, oil embargoes once again spurred wave - power designs, but they passed into memory as gasoline prices slid downward.

The CR grants NIH $ 352 million as a down payment on projects included in the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation to accelerate drug development that the Senate is expected to pass later today.

As representatives of U.S. science, engineering, and higher education organizations, we write to you to express our deep concern regarding amendments that were passed in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act, H.R. 2146) in the House and the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) in the Senate, which would place severe restrictions on government employees» abilities to attend meetings and conferences.

MARCH 1959 DARWIN»S MISSING EVIDENCE «Less than a century ago moths of certain species were characterized by their light coloration, which matched such backgrounds as light tree trunks and lichen - covered rocks, on which the moths passed the daylight hours sitting motionless.

As son of a family of scholars, Krishnamacharya, who, in addition to that worked himself a lot and with great attention on the ancient source texts, knew precisely where to look: already at the beginning of the 20th century, scholars knew that the Nāṭh tradition or, Hatha Yoga, had been passed on in the remote mountains of the Himalaya.

In fact, lavender was passed down through the centuries as a cleansing agent and disinfectant against demons as evil as the plague.

In the early eighteenth century it was Spanish traders en route to Los Angeles who wanted a way that would pass through the unexplored Valley known as the «Jornado de Muerta» or Journey of Death.

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Francois Girard's epic follows the history of a violin as it passes over continents and through lives over the span of three centuries.

Instead, the film takes its historiographic perspective for granted; as a twenty - first - century audience, we know that Lincoln will succeed in his efforts to pass the amendment, that the war will end shortly thereafter, and that he'll be assassinated weeks later by a man who labeled him a «tyrant.»

This tells us all about one of the film's leading ladies, from her arrival in Hollywood at age 14, breakthrough at age 15 (being passed off as 17), years of stardom at 20th Century Fox for Darryl Zanuck, and inevitable decline.

It's the story of Chris Guthrie in the early 20th century, a teenage girl (here played by Agyness Deyn) who suffers the changing rota of her family as they pass on or exit, ultimately leaving the farm to her tending.

It was due to his strong vision that got the film greenlit in the first place, as 20th Century Fox initially passed on the project.