Sentence examples for cornerstone was set from inspiring English sources

The cornerstone was set in 1915, and the completed memorial was dedicated before more than 50,000 people on May 30 , 1922

The site selection caused controversy; the speaker of the House of Representatives, Joseph Cannon, favoured a more prominent spot across the Potomac, maintaining: "I'll never let a memorial to Abraham Lincoln be erected in that g– damned swamp". The cornerstone was set in 1915, and the completed memorial was dedicated before more than 50,000 people on May 30 , 1922

The building's cornerstone was set on October 1, 1932 with a ceremony attended by William L. Nevin and Wanamaker executives from New York City, Paris and London.

The second cornerstone is set by the intelligent visualization of the structural complexity with respect to organizational and communication aspects.

In contrast to the heavily orchestrated ceremonies of past years — white doves taking flight (they turned out to be homing pigeons) and a 20-ton cornerstone being set into place (it had to be picked up again and moved off site) — the latest milestone was noted quite modestly by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

But sometimes more than half the total offering is being set aside for cornerstone investors, decreasing the liquidity, or the volume of shares available for trading.

Aerial warfare is set to remain the cornerstone of Obama's military strategy.

Within the European Union, a renewable target of 20% in the final energy consumption by 2020 has been set by the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC as cornerstone [1].

Its cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt.

The cornerstone was laid in 1752.

The cornerstone was laid on 5 September.