Sentence examples for were prosperous enough from inspiring English sources

A few owners were prosperous enough in the 2nd century to afford mosaics; but the great period of villa prosperity lay in the 4th century, when many villas grew to impressive size.

They were prosperous enough to send him to Monkton Combe school, Bath, from which he went to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read law, took the degrees of BA and BCL, and won a Vinerian scholarship.

Some of the owners were prosperous enough to command the services of the day's most prominent marine painters; the show includes two canvases by William P. Stubbs and two by Antonio Jacobsen.

There was indeed a time when Greenville's main drag was lined with cotton factors and the Greenville waterfront was bustling and planter families were prosperous enough to spin off remittance men devoted to the pleasures of the New Orleans French Quarter.

He did well because customers in his community were prosperous enough to buy Ford cars.

By the time Norm, an only child, was in fourth-grade, his mom and pop had stepped up in the world and were prosperous enough to buy a house in a Jewish community in Newark.

The family was prosperous enough to afford a trip to Paris.

The mastery of the execution tells us that Qara Arslan, "The Black Lion" in Turkish, was prosperous enough to attract great bronze makers and calligraphers.

But every year more and more Chinese consumers find they are prosperous enough to afford a set of wheels, and no obstacle will stop them from buying one.

His father was prosperous enough to send one son to Eton College, another to Winchester College, and three into the army.

The nightmare cited in the past by American officials as a reason for caring about the Balkans is that war in Macedonia could eventually drag in Greece and Turkey, two NATO members, on opposite sides.One reason for hope that the worst can be avoided is that Macedonia's Albanians, more than their cousins elsewhere, are prosperous enough to have some stake in stability.