Sentence examples for * the preeminence from inspiring English sources

Active in many fields, he nonetheless acknowledged the preeminence of the life of the mind.

Only in Padua and Venice, however, did painters arise who could actually challenge the preeminence of Florence.

But only after World War II was the preeminence of the home nations (notably England) unquestionably usurped by overseas teams.

Lengthy airport delays — often unexplained, but generally attributed to the preeminence of air force jets on maneuvers — are a staple of commercial Chinese flights.

The Seleucid kingdom was a major centre of Hellenistic culture, which maintained the preeminence of Greek customs and manners over the indigenous cultures of the Middle East.

Despite the preeminence of the railroads in handling freight, maritime industries survived and expanded to remain competitive in high bulk low value hauling.

In a family usually averse to any talk about a dynasty, it was a rare public acknowledgment of the preeminence of their political pedigree, and the current president seemed disappointed that reporters did not immediately mention it.

Berengar of Tours, an 11th-century logician, metaphysician, and theologian, who was fond of surprising formulations, maintained the preeminence of thinking over any authority, holding in particular that the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist was logically impossible.

Despite the traditional preeminence of industry, services now account for some four-fifths of employment in the capital.

The results should be a call to action for all who care about the economic preeminence of our nation, and its ability to provide future jobs to deserving Americans.

The creation of cardinal-nephews predates the hierarchical preeminence of cardinals within the Catholic Church, which grew out of the 1059 decree of Pope Nicholas II, In Nomine Domini, which established cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the Pope, with the consent of cardinal-deacons and cardinal-priests.