Sentence examples for a historical parallel for from inspiring English sources

There is a historical parallel for all this: it's exactly what happened when the spread of "labour-saving" devices transformed the lives of housewives and domestic servants across Europe and north America from the end of the 19th century.

If you want a historical parallel for the mobile POS market, consider the arrival of Japanese cars into America back in the 1970s.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that the church's standing among Catholic and non-Catholic Americans alike is crashing -- a crisis of confidence "as bad as anything that I've seen," according to the pollster, Peter Hart, who reaches to Watergate for a historical parallel.

For each, have them provide evidence of some sort, whether in the form of a related article, statistics, a historical parallel, etc.

He does see a historical parallel, but not the one Mr. Romney drew.

One consumer advocate offered a historical parallel in a promotion by cereal companies in the 1950's.

"I believe what artists and intellectuals are doing right now is unprecedented, and does not have a historical parallel.

This particular initiative has a historical parallel.

In 2015, Politico magazine conducted a symposium of sorts on whether there were any historical parallels for Donald Trump's candidacy, collecting reflections by over a dozen historians on whom Trump resembled the most.

If there is an especially useful historical parallel for what Obama seeks to achieve in these early weeks, it may not be Roosevelt or Kennedy or Lincoln, but Ronald Reagan.

With a cynicism, which again I can find no historical parallel for, it has now decided to fan fear instead.