Sentence examples for were reclaimed as from inspiring English sources

Dust storm deposits form the fertile loess soils in northern China and the Midwestern US and were reclaimed as agricultural lands (Catt 1988); they became the cradle of Chinese culture.

Twenty years later, the events were reclaimed as a chapter in the heroic pre-revolutionary struggle of the Russian people.

Much later, they were reclaimed as founders of a project they had no part in imagining or building.

Mr. Jordan's advertising career spanned five decades, bridging the era when slogans were a predominant way to peddle products and the era when slogans were reclaimed as "retro chic" touchstones of brand heritage and character.

The economic value of land use types decreased obviously from 1980 to 2005, especially in the grassland of the downstream plain, such as Qiqihar and Daqing city, where large-scale grassland and wetland were reclaimed as farms in the past.

The resulting empty lots can potentially be reclaimed as natural areas to defragment the green network and increase open space connectivity.

Adjoining Waterfall Gully, 2 km away, is Chambers Gully, which used to function as a land-fill, but has in the past decade been reclaimed as a park through volunteer work.

Though in recent times, the terms "nerd" and "geek" have been reclaimed as pretty cool, if people still use these words negatively in your school, then you need to realize that your glasses and braces don't have anything to do with who you are as a person.

As money came in from those selling Victory Bonds, the sections were "reclaimed" from the Nazi invaders.

This is reclaimed land, set up as a water treatment (natural) works.

Philadelphia can pull this off as few cities still can -- and more so each year as its downtown is reclaimed and polished.