Sentence examples for as the earliest example from inspiring English sources

Johann Sebastian Bach's church music was cited as the earliest example, and later practitioners included Kurt Weill.

The report of Hannibal ferrying his elephants over the Rhône in the 3rd century bce might be regarded as the earliest example from which the vast amphibious operations of the invasion of Normandy in 1944 were descended.

As the earliest example of three-dimensional figurative art, it could represent the birth of true sculpture in the global artistic tradition, according to scientists who have studied the piece.

Critics often point to Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children," published in 1981, as the earliest example in English of magical realism, the literary style that burst into fashion after Mr. García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was translated into English in 1970.

A clip from a 1938 film shows Mickey Rooney in wisecracking mode, finishing with a move from the then 18-year-old that might qualify as the earliest example of breakdancing.

Méliès' masterpiece is often regarded as the earliest example of a science fiction film.

What has survived as the earliest examples of Arabic literary compositions consists of a highly elaborate system of poetic composition and a series of oratorical and often homiletic utterances, all couched in language of a variety and at a level that was to be later reflected in the style of the Qurʾānic revelations themselves.

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Historian Andrew Saunders has described the castle as architecturally significant, being "the earliest example of a purpose-built gaol" in England.

The platonic close male relationships in television and film science fiction have been reinterpreted by fans as slash fiction - Kirk/Spock being the earliest example.

As such, the present find represents the earliest example of this pathology in the fossil record.