Sentence examples for had exerted for from inspiring English sources

After all, what is comprehensible can be tinkered with and, in time, improved.The standard account tells us that the new science broke the stranglehold that the church and a few of its favoured pagan thinkers (chiefly Aristotle) had exerted for centuries on Western thought.

England had lost the measure of control they had exerted for a spell, but there was still much to encourage Hodgson, particularly when Rooney opened up Italy's defence and Danny Welbeck should have done better than sidefoot wide from the edge of the area.

The effort and influence he has exerted for trans people has mattered and has moved us down the field.

We have sought to deny China a regional sphere of influence that we have exerted for almost two centuries beginning with the Monroe Doctrine.

When they were later given equal access to both treats, the mice chose the one they had exerted themselves for.

After one memorable week as the Knicks' interim coach, Mike Woodson would agree — even if Woodson "can't explain" why Carmelo Anthony had little interest in hustling for Mike D'Antoni but has exerted himself for Woodson during a winning streak that reached five games Wednesday night with a fiercely contested 82-79 win over the 76ers.

This is not the first time though that the group of friends from Blackburn have exerted themselves for charity; last season they walked 37 miles from their hometown in England in time for Blackburn Rovers' Premier League match in Blackpool, raising almost $10,000.

Mythologies itself was reworked last year for the era of selfies, vaping and Nando's by Peter Conrad on Radio 4 (startling lunchtime listeners waiting for The Archers); but it has exerted an influence for decades via cultural studies, where Barthes's aim of exposing hidden "ideological abuse" in popular culture is retained.

The real story of the man -- even with the limits on his emotional growth -- who survived these mixed messages, and the stubbornness and ingenuity he must have exerted, might make for a more intriguing tale.

"Your soul will not blame you for having cared too little about politics, for having exerted yourself too little, hated your enemies too little, or too little fortified your frontiers.

The Swedish Academy had selected Sartre for having "exerted a far-reaching influence on our age".