Sentence examples for Former period from inspiring English sources

About the former period, relatively little is known he appears to have destroyed most of his letters from these days.

And in the former period we grew together, in contrast to the latter, when we grew apart.

"The stars again move in their orbits, each performing its revolution in the former period, without variation".

The former period is marked by its ethical emphasis, the latter by the emergence of a mystical and theological theory of Being.

(Piketty writes that the "US economy was much more innovative in 1950-1970 than in 1990-2010, to judge by the fact that productivity growth was nearly twice as high in the former period as in the latter".

It is a little difficult to see the point Playfair wished to make: "that never at any former period was wheat so cheap, in proportion to mechanical labour as it is at the present time".

In addition, the really mountainous areas above 2,000 feet (600 metres) often form elevated plateaus with relatively smooth surfaces, reminders of the effects of former periods of erosion.

Deserts also probably existed much earlier, during former periods of global arid climate in the lee of mountain ranges that sheltered them from rain or in the centre of extensive continental regions.

Conferring to the origin and history of Carolingian art it was meant to be an artistic style which is outstanding in contrast to the others of former periods.

In order to avoid flooding the market with Blanc des Millénaires releases, particularly during former periods of lagging sales, it wasn't ideal to create the cuvée in sequential years, even if the vintages were exceptional.

The third Mari followed the second city in terms of general structure, phase P0 of the old royal palace was replaced by a new palace for the Shakkanakku, which contained royal burials that date to the former periods.