Sentence examples for a sacred foundation from inspiring English sources

In 1934, the conservator George Trouvé excavated the pit beneath the central shrine: filled with sand and water it had already been robbed of its treasure, but he did find a sacred foundation deposit of gold leaf two metres above ground level.

Gallipoli was "sacred soil"; the Australian army "a sacred institution".

"It's a sacred institution.

"The vote on a second state language endangered one of the most sacred foundations of the Constitution — the state language," the Latvian president, Andris Berzins, said in a statement after the vote.

These men didn't capitulate or shy away from challenging even the most sacred foundations of the status quo.

Although the LMDC guidelines were apparently treated like "a sacred text," the foundation initiated a "Talmudic-like analysis" of this one phrase to expand its scope.

Human rights, as articulated in the 1948 UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights, are a foundation, even a sacred text, for many who work for development.

It is also, almost, a sacred Conservative cow, the creation of the first Thatcher government, laying the foundation for the independent production sector.

It is a sacred being".

It was a sacred song.

· Lake Titicaca is a sacred Inca site.