Sentence examples for how they reflected from inspiring English sources

During World War II, the distinguished Dutch historian Pieter Geyl wrote "Napoleon: For and Against" to analyze the bewildering variety of Napoleons depicted by his predecessors: he showed how they reflected the anxieties and obsessions of their authors, offering a kind of indirect language for addressing contemporary concerns.

"And the movie is never omniscient about the Russians, which is great," added Mr. Zelikow, who used to teach a course at Harvard on "The Uses of History," in which students were asked to study historical films and write essays about how they reflected the climate and politics of the periods in which they were made.

Said's analysis made it possible for scholars to deconstruct literary and historical texts in order to understand how they reflected and reinforced the imperialist project.

[N3] Enhanced ability to communicate was evident in participants' comments about how they reflected on their actions more frequently than before undertaking the advanced nursing education program.

The model of care, levels of compassion and companionship that women did or did not feel during labour and birth impacted on how they reflected upon, and dealt with, their experience of SPT.

The further empirical applications of the model showed that while it could explain factors that promote and inhibit collective action, how participants came to engage and support the practice and how they reflected on and evaluated it remained unexplained.

"Their true value emerges when you see them all together, how they reflect on one another and what they say about the bigger picture," he said.

Compile a book with these stories, and write an introduction explaining the variations and how they reflect the cultures from which they come.

Cale likes silly jokes – he sends them constantly by email – and understands how they reflect the absurdity of life, which is why this record has a silly title.

So what our low-information voter might witness is a vigorous debate among Democrats about the N.S.A.'s programs and how they reflect upon Mr. Obama, while Republicans are largely staying quiet on the issue.

This week in the magazine and here online (see The Talk of the Town), James Surowiecki writes, in "Team Players," about the problems that befell the U.S. intelligence community, and about how they reflect certain management philosophies.