Sentence examples for its definitive form from inspiring English sources

It reached its definitive form in the 15th century through the preaching of the Dominican Alan de la Roche and his associates, who organized Rosary Confraternities at Douai in France and at Cologne.

It seems to coalesce naturally out of everything we have heard up to that point, and it hovers over the remaining music, though it only returns in its definitive form at the end, when it becomes Owen's epitaph.

This compilation owed much in its initial stages to Anselm of Laon (died 1117); it had reached its definitive form by the middle of the 12th century and provided the exegetical norm of the Summa theologiae ("Summation of Theology") of Thomas Aquinas and others.

Dérive 2 began life as Boulez's 80th-birthday tribute to Elliott Carter, and now, after several elaborations and with Carter due to celebrate his centenary next year, it seems to have reached its definitive form, as a single 45-minute movement for an ensemble of 11 instruments.

It took 10 years for the movement to acquire its definitive form, its independent vision, and its unique perceptiveness.

Each thing has its real form, or at least its definitive form.

It is not until the butterfly is in its pupal stage that the wing-bud becomes exposed, and shortly after eclosion, the wing begins to expand and form its definitive shape.

For the ancient Greeks, the tale of the Trojan War and the surrounding events appeared in its most definitive form in the Epic Cycle of eight narrative poems from the archaic period in Greece (750 BC – 480 BC).

It acquired definitive form in the 16th century in Anatolia (Turkey) and spread to the Ottoman Balkans, particularly Albania.

Start with the obvious one: In opal's most resplendent and recognizable, though by no means definitive, form, it resembles the earth as seen from outer space, a tempest of blue-green swirls punctuated by unpredictable and otherworldly flashes of color.

There is rarely space for sustained plot, and if change occurs, it has been anticipated in advance and often takes definitive form only after the story's end.