Sentence examples for there was generation from inspiring English sources

No towns, no bourgeoisie — instead, there was generation after generation of sheep farmers under Norwegian and then Danish rule, living lives that were much as Halldór Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Prize-winning author, described the life of Bjartur in "Independent People," his novel of one man's accommodation with unrelenting comfortlessness.

In Cambridge, England, the cavernous University Library has recently launched a quirky exhibit entitled "Books and Babies," which explores "two senses of reproduction" — human and textual — and their interaction over time: Before reproduction there was generation, a broader view of how all things come into being than passing on the blueprint of a particular form of life.

Now there's Generation X and Generation Y.

Now there's Generation X and Generation Y. Hyundai needs to be cool".

As buildings are cantilever structures, there is generation of base moment whenever it is under lateral load.

There were generations of music teachers.

"There are generations that grow up in this culture," Major Ayala said.

There were generations of Greeks, Lebanese, Italians, and Armenians; wealthy Egyptian Jewish families; and an Ottoman upper class.

When they rioted after Doomadgee's death, there were generations of despair and pain behind their rage.

A large minority of adults have no qualifications, and there are generations of families who have not worked and so there is low aspiration for their children.

"There are generations of Blackburn supporters who won't be going back to the club while Venky's are there".