Sentence examples for were largely erected from inspiring English sources

"Can you imagine the museum accepting them if they were not of artistic merit?" But Trump says he does see artistic merit in the Confederate statues, which were largely erected in the 1920s and 30s — decades after the Civil War — at the behest of Southern activist groups.

Although the benthic communities observed were not bare-rock-barrens like those caused by sea urchin grazing, they were largely devoid of erect algae, and colonized by a microscopic carpet of diatoms and turf of filamentous algae.

Politics were largely absent.

The Baroque style in Sicily was largely confined to buildings erected by the church, and palazzi built as private residences for the Sicilian aristocracy.

The areas to the north and west of the Argyle Tower are largely occupied by military buildings erected after the castle became a major garrison in the early 18th century.

That effect is largely about body language, and often includes an erect posture, gestures made with the palms facing down, and open and expansive gestures in general.

During this time, statues of 170 women were erected, although art historians point out that this celebration is largely generic, similar to the Greek- and Roman-era statues that honor the female form with anonymous figures.

The rush outward was largely driven by cheap housing (pdf), made possible by the ease of erecting homes on virgin land unencumbered by the burden of urban housing regulations.

The two memorials that were erected, one in Tompkins Square Park and another in Queens near the victims' graves, are largely ignored.

This is largely true.

It's largely rural.