Sentence examples for it was written down from inspiring English sources

Before it was written down, the "Tain" had an extensive oral history.

The first is recitation, then it was written down over the course of 23 years.

The rāwīs preserved pre-Islāmic poetry in oral tradition until it was written down in the 8th century.

I remember being at junior school and seeing the word "omit" - it was written down somewhere that we should omit certain verses from a hymn.

It ought to be remembered, though, that it has given people pleasure so that they continued to say it until and after it was written down, nearly two centuries ago.

The Odyssey was sung for hundreds of years before it was written down, but as printing grew more widespread, in the 18th century and afterward, the written poem tended to supplant the oral version.

Citigroup said at the time that it was writing down the value of its remaining interest in the business.

Worse, on January 29th another large South African mining group, Anglovaal Mining, said it was writing down by half the value of its Zambian operations.

Royal Bank said it was writing down £5.9 billion ($11.7 billion) in assets this year.

The bank, the second-largest British lender after HSBC Holdings, said it was writing down £5.9 billion in soured assets this year.

The computer giant announced last month that it was writing down the value of Autonomy by $8.8 billion, in part because of "accounting improprieties, misrepresentations and disclosure failures".