Sentence examples for groundbreaking act from inspiring English sources

The most groundbreaking act to emerge from the New York hip-hop scene of the early '90s, A Tribe Called Quest electrified a generation with its brand of jazz-infused beats and intelligent rhymes before dramatically disbanding in '98.

In April, England introduced new laws to address homelessness which closely followed the approach of the groundbreaking act implemented in Wales three years ago – I hope that the Westminster government will also catch up with how Wales is improving the private rented sector.

Chuck D has long been outspoken in his call for hip-hop to make an impact beyond a catchy verse and Public Enemy was a groundbreaking act.

Stigwood, who was born in South Australia, worked with a staggering number of groundbreaking acts, both on the Broadway stage and on the pop charts.

In the belated rush to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records there has been a tendency to forget the groundbreaking acts who were signed to Richard Branson's label in the mid-1970s.

This trend has led to a kind of starchiness in the festivals, try as the organization might to offset the Big and Expected with smaller, potentially more groundbreaking acts in opening slots or on second stages.

Despite its reputation for bizarre and kitsch acts (think: Russian violinists on skates and Irish turkey hand puppets), in recent years the competition has become a forum for continental cultural discussions and social debates thanks to its 180 million person, trans-national, rabidly engaged viewership and penchant odd-to-groundbreaking acts.

In 2012 the Obama administration – with bipartisan support – passed the groundbreaking "Magnitsky act".

Though groundbreaking, the act didn't tackle discrimination in housing and employment, much to the frustration of Labour backbenchers and anti-racist groups.

It would help if politicians would stand up and work together like Democrat Ed Muskie and Republic Howard Baker did in 1970 when they got Congress to pass the groundbreaking Clean Air Act that put public health over private profits.

Yet when Texas oil interests tried to use a ballot initiative (Prop 23) to block California's groundbreaking Global Warming Solutions Act, we demonstrated just how much voters care about the issue.