Sentence examples for they were surmounted from inspiring English sources

When I asked about the hard times, and how they were surmounted, she and Eileen spoke about the almost magical intervention of a woman named Susan Schor, who arrived as if from Mt. Olympus, though she actually only came from Pace University.

But they are surmounted by a green battlement of ginger-scallion mashed potatoes so dense as to be almost pasty.

The arms of an Eastern patriarch are more like those of an Anglican bishop insofar as they are surmounted by a mitre.

Stumpy piers were surmounted by serpentine, Celtic-style ornament, just like that of the Tower Building.

Gradually the obstacles were surmounted and the tunnel brought back to life.

"The most difficult passages of an extremely exacting program were surmounted with ease and precision".

The steeper gradients were surmounted by steps cut in the rocks.

The forward two turrets were surmounted by a stationary pilothouse with armor nine inches thick.

In the Guardian Government Computing's upcoming live Q&A, we'll be aiming to address these, and other, issues around the PSN, asking whether questions of localism, security, compliance or complexity will hold back adoption or whether they can be surmounted.

However, instead of removing obstacles, they can be surmounted to save time.

Isn't it time for each of us to ask how we can help -- and to remind ourselves that, however immense the challenges, history has shown they can be surmounted?