Sentence examples for ancient problems from inspiring English sources

Ancient problems can seem very close to the surface here.

Ancient problems of philosophy are now becoming practical problems of engineering and politics.

We cannot solve the ancient problems of Iraq, and keeping the troops there "until the job is finished" will condemn us to a process of never-ending struggle.

This year has seen one of the worst droughts in decades.But some experts are sceptical about the scheme, much as it appeals to a leadership fond of grandiose solutions to ancient problems.

Despite the failing effort to impose a military solution in Iraq, he is willing to try imposing arms -- though clandestinely -- on Turkey's ancient problems with its Kurdish minority, who comprise one-fifth of the country's population.

Rather than trying to explain the conclusions that historians have reached, I presented my students with copies of ancient materials and asked them to solve the ancient problems on their own using only the information available at the time.

Robert Kane, "Free will: new foundations for an ancient problem" 21.

The ancient problem that bedeviled historians — a lack of information — has been overcome.

She acknowledged that the system had one advantage: overcoming the ancient problem of bad handwriting.

As many readers noted, superstition is both an ancient problem and a going concern.

The modern answer is abnormal psychology; the ancient problem is the existence of evil".