Sentence examples for entrenched only from inspiring English sources

The transformation of history into an empirical science began as early as the sixteenth century and became entrenched only in the nineteenth century.

Aklin and Urpelainen argue that, because the fossil fuel energy system and political support for it are so entrenched, only an external shock an abrupt rise in oil prices, or a nuclear power accident, for example—allows renewable energy to grow.

The first is to treat everyone who is overweight, while in the second we treat only those overweight individuals who are boundary spanners (belong to more than one group instead of being entrenched only within a group).

Often old autocracies are replaced by new, or the old ones become entrenched; only sometimes do we witness transitions to democracy and often these eventually collapse back into autocracy.

However, to view today's especially rampant anti-snitching campaign as a direct result of the abuses of the War on Drugs leaves a question: why has it become so entrenched only in the past few years, rather than, say twenty years ago?

"We're trying to do something very challenging: change a habit that is not only entrenched but one people are willing to take to their grave," said Mr. Weiss, who is not a smoker but has tried both regular and e-cigarettes.

Perhaps they must not only be entrenched, but enshrined in written rules.

The idea that prosecutors may have "exaggerated" is therefore strongly entrenched not only among his voters but also in segments of the Italian population that have never voted for Berlusconi.

That's a pretty discouraging admission — it implies that helping people peacefully in an area where insurgents are well entrenched may only help the insurgents.

Wall Street thinks the central bank's commitment to fighting inflation is so entrenched that only a wacky outsider could shake it.

Though the history of race in America makes this an especially important issue in the US media, there are comparable narratives in many other societies – mirroring the way that an entrenched majority only reluctantly cedes any authority to a growing minority in the business.