Sentence examples for based on a myth from inspiring English sources

It is also based on a myth about Australia's past".

But the heroic reality, based on a myth to begin with, is often grim.

The rites were based on a myth that told how the men had overturned a previous regime dominated by women.

Marina Carr's intense, incisive new play, "Phaedra Backwards," at the McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, is based on a myth that, while not exactly simple, is straightforward enough.

"It was all based on a myth," said Dr. Raymond Weiss, an oncologist and clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University and one of the investigators.

Nostalgia for the old, undisturbed wilderness has also been a recurring theme of the environmental movement, but many academics say that nostalgia has been based on a myth.

Parr creates ultrarealistic pictorial narratives, usually in extreme close-up, based on a parochial myth -- the England of the imagination.

Opponents of Heathrow expansion argue that the case put forward by its supporters is based on a PR myth.

Current projects include commissioned works for Ensemble Sospeso (NYC) and an oratorio based on a Cree myth with librettist Tomson Highway for Soundstreams Canada.

His two other published books were "The Ronin: A Novel Based on a Zen Myth," and "The Sinking of the Sarah Diamond".

The 2012 commission report rejected Tepco's argument that the tsunami was impossible to predict, saying this was based on a "safety myth".