Sentence examples for ancient standards from inspiring English sources
There were no large-scale industries, even by ancient standards, in North Africa, except pottery.
Despite their poverty, these exiled Afghans manage to keep alive their ancient standards of honor and pride.
Shen used ancient texts and existing models of armillary spheres to create one based on ancient standards; Shen described ancient weaponry such as the use of a scaled sighting device on crossbows; while experimenting with ancient musical measures, Shen suggested hanging an ancient bell by using a hollow handle.
The last time I peeked in that box, it contained two vise grips, four ancient standard screwdrivers, a screwdriver with six replaceable bits, two adjustable crescent wrenches, needle-nose pliers, a narrow chisel I didn't buy (I'm not sure where it came from), a spackling knife and one tool I have never seen before and have no idea how to use.
Its effects were confined to the western end of the Old World and were comparatively short-lived by Chinese or ancient Egyptian standards.
The average age at death of these four rulers was a relatively old 63 by ancient Egyptian standards, making a DISH diagnosis especially plausible: The disease is most common among people over the age of 40 and afflicts twice as many men as women.
She notes that the inhabitants of Deir el-Medina were incredibly literate by ancient Egyptian standards, and cautions that such finds only come "...in rarefied circumstances and in particular conditions".
The accuracy of the measured data was evaluated against Corning ancient glass standards A and B (Table S1).
West Point is an American oddity: a leafy, ancient (by US standards) campus on a lazy river with academic standards to match any Big Ten or Ivy League university, but with a student body that is far more likely to come from racial minorities and poor people than any of America's notoriously high-ticket educational institutions.
Kennedy's breakthrough, published in the journal Apeiron this week, is based on stichometry: the measure of ancient texts by standard line lengths.
The iMac is ancient, by computer standards, and crashes several times a day.
