Sentence examples for there were no extant from inspiring English sources

He supported his ideas by citing contemporary societies characteristic of each stage except lower savagery, of which there were no extant examples.

As there were no extant studies that had investigated the effect of flaxseed-derived lignans on HbA1c, the sample size was calculated based on the previous studies of flaxseed on LDL-C concentrations.

There was no extant crisis to point to.

There is no extant grave for the third earl, no official portrait, not even a sketch.

There are no extant writings from within 2 generations of his "existence" (average life expectancy then was 28).

One reason the debates have raged as loudly and long as they have is that there is no extant ancient description of the frieze.

The fact that there are no extant letters between Wodehouse and his parents, either from his childhood or from his later life, may indicate something about these relationships.

There is no extant work between Sunzi's treatise and Qin's book of 1247 that reveals how this algorithm was elaborated.

There are no extant inscriptions of Ashurbanipal after 640 bce, and the few surviving inscriptions of his successors contain only vague allusions to political matters.

Such arches and domes imply the existence of sophisticated timber formwork to support them during construction, as well as advanced lifting machinery, but there are no extant records of either.

While there are no extant paintings that can be positively identified as his work, his name is so esteemed that many paintings of merit have been attributed to him, including the famed portrait of Sugawara Michizane, a contemporary scholar-statesman.