Sentence examples for it became primarily from inspiring English sources

Through gradual development it became primarily an honorary office.

Although Germans, Danes, French, Portuguese, Swedish, and Spanish made efforts to establish forts and stations in this coastal region, it became primarily a sphere of Afro-British and Afro-Dutch trade in slaves and in various commodities.

As a result the nature of the Court of Chancery changed; rather than being a major corrective system for the common law, it became primarily concerned with the administration and protection of rights, as opposed to the common law courts, which were mainly concerned with the remedy and retribution of problems.

(Well, someone's counting, because since I became primarily an independent writer and entrepreneurial journalist, karma has returned the favor with handfuls of un-responded emails).

The nature of the BSE crisis is explored, particularly how it rapidly became primarily a question of trust in government and science.

Under the Roman Empire, when the forum became primarily a centre for religious and secular spectacles and ceremonies, it was the site of many of the city's most imposing temples and monuments.

It was only because of these new conditions that for the peasants in south Bali irrigation became primarily a local affair.

But because it's conservatives who frame the debate, it's become primarily about shady illegals who seek to exploit America for their personal gain.

Then DTT became primarily free-to-air, under BBC leadership.

The Big Woods area became primarily a dairying centre.

Gradually the distinction became primarily religious rather than ethnic, geographic, or cultural.