Sentence examples for were a major form from inspiring English sources

In 19th-century America, speeches were a major form of entertainment.

The union fell apart after Texas seceded, zeppelins were a major form of transportation and pretty much everybody owned an airplane.

Subsequent research, however, found that the increase in dividends was a short-term phenomenon and mainly at companies where stock options were a major form of executive compensation.

Board games were a major form of home entertainment in Victorian days, yet because of their fragility, many of the glass sets were intended primarily for show, not play.

Alongside paintings, mass-produced woodblock prints were a major form of the genre.

For centuries, the canoe was a major form of transportation for native tribes and European traders.

"It is clear journalists on the Times have to be online, it is a major form of projection," he said.

This encapsulates Patmos: a place where donkeys are a major form of transport and retired beasts of burden live on the grace of the departed Aga Khan.

This was a major form of artistic production during the Gothic period and reached its peak in France during the 14th century.

JT Subsistence farming is a major form of farming in Katine where people produce food for local consumption but, with the training we have given to all farmers' groups, there is hope that they will be able to produce commercially.

As Scott Eyman writes in "Empire of Dreams" (Simon & Schuster), a fascinating new biography of DeMille, he was a major form giver of the silent era who worked long enough to see his style eclipsed by later developments.