Sentence examples for the modern event from inspiring English sources

A record number of people took part in the Athens classic marathon yesterday to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the fabled run that inspired the modern event.

Reflecting on the kind of people who attend the modern event, one Glastonbury regular said: "The ticket price and the method of buying, plus the huge fence, creates a Glastonbury that reflects the rich/poor divide in the rest of society, rather than being the anti-establishment, free, fun, inclusive summer outing it once was".

Britain has no history to speak of in men's gymnastics - certainly not the modern event.

Chef Ming Tsai stopped by the Modern event to salute his old pal.

Of the modern events currently considered to be gymnastics, only tumbling and a primitive form of vaulting were known in the ancient world.

The compilation of places experienced high intensities in the modern events is also necessary.

The wireless is only the first modern event to threaten the fairy-tale existence of the Windsors.

They would be the Centennial Games, and the conventional wisdom was that Athens, the capital of the country that had birthed the Olympics centuries ago and the city that hosted the first modern event in 1896, would sail through the bidding process.

english-heritage.org.uk 21 December A contemporary winter solstice celebration (and the most modern event on this list), the Burning the Clocks festival was conceived in Brighton in 1994 as a community event to be enjoyed, regardless of faith, and it takes place on the beach.

We have to continue the detailed analysis for the remaining one-fifth of the early modern events, in addition to compile places where they experienced high intensities from 1885 to 1996.

The running shorts were long, the swimming pool went green, and some of the winning athletes were helped along both by friends and alcohol, yet London's first Olympics, held in 1908, set the template for the modern international event.