Sentence examples for figures from the earliest from inspiring English sources

These are such venerated figures from the earliest years of Islam that to feel you are getting into her mind is certainly uncomfortable.

The people he meets at Jeffrey's party show up as figures from the early 20th century (including Vivian's father as a boy), allowing Ms. Wasserstein to comment on how much and how little the rules of societal games in New York have changed.

Confucius treated as exemplars legendary figures from the early days of the Zhou dynasty, such as the Duke of Zhou and Kings Wu and Wen.

A popular figure from the early days of television was conjured up Tuesday night for an upfront presentation to help a cable channel sell commercial time.

Jayne Casey, a legendary figure from the early punk movement through bands such as Pink Industry and Big in Japan, agrees: "It would have been really rough on the city without him.

The second figure, from the earlier quarter, is larger than what the company reported in the first quarter.

Various historians have given Adams recognition as an important figure from the early years of baseball.

Figure  1, from the early 20th century primatologist Adolph H Schultz, shows the position of the thumb and length of the fingers for various primates.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics released earlier on Thursday, said industrial output rose 0.7% in March from February, a bigger increase than forecast.

Figures from the Land Registry published earlier in the week showed that prices rose by 6.3% in the capital in the year to the end of July.

Meanwhile, certain objects in the Met's Asian galleries already look a bit different, like three willowy painted wood figures from the late Western Zhou-early Western Han period.