Sentence examples for stadia for from inspiring English sources

Man did not build arenas and stadia for sport alone, and horticulturists did not design public parks merely for plants.

Eratosthenes made the measurements, obtaining a value of about 5,000 stadia for l, which gave a value for the Earth's circumference of about 250,000 stadia.

The panel also suggested renovating existing venues in Tokyo for volleyball and swimming and scrapping plans to construct new stadia for the sports.

London's campaign had focused on the fact that its bid had the overwhelming support of athletes, could guarantee full stadia for every session and offered a better commercial return to sponsors and broadcasters.

This myth is responsible for the uniquely American system of interscholastic sports and has given sports an outsized importance all across the nation, from the publicly subsidized stadia for professional teams in the cities to the rabid enthusiasm for high school football in America's rural areas.

(And I can't quite believe he will: would you bet against a comeback tour before the decade's out?) Far better – if it were up to me – that he just stop playing stadia for a while, stop pretending to be your average Joe Bloggs, stop telling the same jokes he's been telling for 30 years.

There appeared to be a move within Fifa to have the date shifted back to the European winter, before Qatar somewhat grumpily announced it had no intention of asking Fifa if the dates could be changed, and that they would press on with their plans to create air-conditioned stadia fit for the event.

Trundle wheels are used with clinometer & stadia rods for more advanced outside activities.

He then underlined the importance of "protecting stadia from predatory capitalists" and called for fan trusts to be made statutory consultees to act in the interests of communities when grounds are up for sale.

"There will be new stadia, new infrastructure for the club, a new training ground, an academy for the kids.

Host nations sometimes construct or upgrade stadia in preparation for the World Cup, such as Millennium Stadium – purpose built for the 1999 tournament – and Eden Park, upgraded for 2011.