Sentence examples for landscape altered from inspiring English sources

With control of the narrowly divided House and Senate at stake this year, Democrats have been seeking to regain their footing in a political landscape altered by the Sept. 11 attacks.

For Mr. Adams, who was born in New Jersey in 1937 but relocated with his family to Colorado at the age of 15, it was to reveal the "New West," a landscape altered by industry and development.

In general, subsurface runoff processes are characteristic of soils in humid regions, whereas surface runoff is characteristic of arid regions and, of course, any landscape altered significantly by cultivation or urbanization.

James E. McGreevey coasted to victory in the governor's race last fall by deftly maneuvering around a campaign landscape altered by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and reaping a huge political dividend when his opponent criticized the way police officers and rescue workers responded to the evacuation of the World Trade Center.

Despite a political landscape altered drastically by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the curators were able to gather some 350 examples of Byzantine art from about 30 nations, including Greece, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Italy, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro and Macedonia.

To assess whether mitigation targeting single species can emulate natural processes and improve habitat for multiple species, we investigated the short-term response of birds and mammals to mechanical tree reduction and natural wildfire in a landscape altered by energy development.

Over the past six decades, a handful of other Stanley Cup finals have triggered tectonic shifts in hockey's landscape, altering the balance of power in the N.H.L., changing public perception of the league, or transforming the way the game is played.

Many of them, especially on the south-east coast, are now depressing landscapes, altered by decades of manmade disasters.

Yet for the last 20 years he has also been documenting what would seem to be the exact opposite: landscapes altered on a vast scale, usually by events that are anything but causes for celebration.

Mr. Stark said that tidal surges of 2 1/2 feet to 4 1/2 feet at the peak of high tide on Wednesday night could behave unpredictably along the South Shore of Long Island and western Long Island Sound, landscapes altered by Hurricane Sandy.

Wetlands play a central role in sustaining biodiversity, especially in landscapes altered by human activities.