Sentence examples for Olympiad from inspiring English sources

Ten of them were shown in 2012 as part of the cultural olympiad that accompanied the summer Olympics.Bausch died six years ago, at the age of 68.

Olympiad bureaucrats still behave like grand panjandrums.All the change, though, is not for the worse.

Held every four years between August 6 and September 19, they occupied such an important place in Greek history that in late antiquity historians measured time by the interval between them an Olympiad.

Vancouver is the third Canadian city to host an Olympiad.

Apart from her gold-medal-winning appearances for the Hungarian women's Olympiad teams of 1988 and 1990, Polgár has spurned women-only events.

This summer, the UK played host to its biggest arts jamboree ever, a dizzying 12-week festival that served as the culmination of a four-year Cultural Olympiad.

Chap Olympiad OK, less workout, more annual extravaganza of good old-fashioned gentlemanly pursuits.

As the triumphal Olympic and Paralympic summer fades, and time is called on the large-scale, knock-'em-dead Cultural Olympiad work that was made to showcase British arts to a watching world, the industry faces a grim autumn.

This year's Chap Olympiad will take place on 16th July 2011 in Bedford Square, London (tickets £20).

One of Jeremy Hunt's last decisions as culture secretary was to ask the Cultural Olympiad board to stay on for another year and examine this.

Cultural Olympiad chair Tony Hall believes it will foster more collaborations and partnerships.