Sentence examples for models for modern from inspiring English sources

One of the original members and the first chancellor of the French Academy, Desmarets opened the long literary battle, since called the querelle des anciens et des modernes (see ancients and moderns), by arguing that the true models for modern French literature were Romance legends and the Bible rather than classical Greek and Roman writers.

The organizations formed at Bologna became models for modern universities.

Now the models for modern investment institutions are the endowments of Harvard and Yale.

Germany and Britain have also adopted programmes that give car owners incentives to trade in older models for modern, fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Renaissance in general could be regarded as a neoclassical period, in that ancient works were considered the surest models for modern greatness.

Ceramic Art of Post 1945 Germany has a display of vessels and sculptures by Beate Kuhn, Fritz Vehring, Karl Scheid, Konrad Quillmann and Dorothee Colberg-Tjadens that look like space-age constructions or models for modern buildings.

"In Patagonia" became a model for modern travel-writers, but its facility is deceptive.

"I suppose you could say they're a model for modern Europe," Mr. Robb continued.

The clear division of labor between the two became a model for modern China.

Florence Nightingale received training at Kaiserswerth, which was an important model for modern nursing schools.

Theirs is now the model for modern business: machines that manage to service us while getting us to service them.