Sentence examples for one of material from inspiring English sources

The interwar period was one of material progress, with the development of a reasonably prosperous economy based on copper, gold, and other minerals, corn (maize), tobacco, and cattle.

This sentiment cheered environmental activists, who think the growth of S.U.V.'s, like those Ford produces, has shifted automobiles from a symbol of American innocence to one of material and environmental excess.

Forced into a life of loveless "fooping" but also one of material comfort and privilege, Mary is separated both from her own people and from the white establishment, and spends decades in her "home-prison" contemplating the "ritual and arrangement of life on the Plantation".

The ''pamphlet war'' was thus not just a war of words, images, or politics, but also one of material representations.

The transition from an economic model of material abundance to one of material consumption was catalyzed by the appearance of credit cards.

Bello's path is one of material exploration, and though he had the résumé for a successful career in architecture, his choice in 1968 to buy this bit of wilderness in California with his wife and sons and live here forged a life now filled with deep purpose.

The major triumph of the piece, though, is one of materials.

Reports were entered in a database which enabled us to draw two thematic maps in a digital format: one of materials and lithotypes, and one showing weathering.

In its search for a solution, the Oil Spill Recovery Institute framed the problem as one of "materials viscosity" rather than "oil cleanup" and used language that was not specific to the petroleum industry.

"There is not one document, not one picture, not one account, not one piece of material proof.

A seizure reasonable as to one type of material in one setting may be unreasonable in a different setting or with respect to another kind of material.