Sentence examples for ancient universities from inspiring English sources
To determination was added resentment; as prime minister, she cherished no great affection for the ancient universities.
He also uses the ancient universities of Oxford and Cambridge as a traditionalist foil to the innovations of Germany.
It also goes with the grain of the college system, which dominates both of our ancient universities.
Like many other ancient universities, Salamanca had its ups and downs but navigated political and financial storms, and is today a thriving, cosmopolitan institution.
In fact both of Britain's ancient universities admit a higher proportion of their applicants than any of the Ivy League colleges in the United States.
Worse, two of these buildings were in the ancient universities of Oxford and Cambridge, wherein opinion formers spent their formative years.
Nalanda, ancient university and Buddhist monastic centre southwest of Bihar Sharif in central Bihar state, northeastern India.
It is part of a uniquely Scottish tradition which places students and democracy at the heart of ancient university governance".
As the seat of an ancient university, Cambridge is not an obviously welcoming place for modern style.
His own fatwas have often been challenged by a rival authority, the ancient university of al-Azhar.
A graduate education at an ancient university with storied alumni like Adam Smith and Lord Kelvin, practically just for the asking.
