Sentence examples for was virtually defined from inspiring English sources

For much of at least one generation of filmgoers, the term screen chemistry was virtually defined by what Hawks's cameras captured between Bogart and Bacall.

And an even larger share of mainline Protestants (27percentt) now identifies with a movement that was virtually defined in the United States by its rejection of leftward theological shifts in denominations like the Episcopalians and United Church of Christ.

Moreover, Pop, with which he became synonymous, was virtually defined as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism, but Lichtenstein methodically stressed his debt to de Kooning and described his own work almost as if it were Action Painting.

It would be exaggerating to say that Orange Juice singlehandedly invented what came to be known as "indie" music, but only slightly: for decades, the term was virtually defined by the influence of their trebly guitars, their defiantly anti-rock and un-macho stance, even their haircuts.

Whereas at the mid-point of the twentieth century philosophy of religion was virtually defined by the assumptions and methods of logical positivism and empiricism, in subsequent years new and technically rigorous contributions by religiously committed philosophers began to enliven old theistic arguments.

Importantly, in all these experiments empowerment was virtually defined in the same way.

That may sound surprising, given that college is virtually defined as an institution devoted to nourishing learning and intellectualism.

A short, voluble man, sixty-three years old, he is as close as anyone can come to being the star of an industry that is virtually defined by its secrecy.

While stromal(0) is virtually defined by the DTF signature[ 85] neither DCN nor FBLN1 are found among the 493 genes in the original list of genes that discriminate between DTF and SFT [ 84].

3. Private schools are more likely than public schools to be virtually all-white, defined as a school where 90percentt or more of students are white.

Escape was virtually impossible.