2364 examples of formation in sentences

Not until science had introduced the conception of a natural formation and transformation, of the solar system, as well as of the fauna and flora, did the human mind grasp the idea that thought and action can transform the world.

This is the proper original signification of the word, as is evident from the formation of it; essential in its primary notation, signifying properly, being.

On the formation and adoption of the Federal Constitution, in 1789, he was unanimously chosen to be the first president of the United States.

It need not he told that the various debates in Congress on the funding of the national debt, on tariffs, on the bank, and other financial measures, led to the formation of two great political parties, which divided the nation for more than twenty years,parties of which Hamilton and Jefferson were the respective leaders.

The most important event of the time was, doubtless, the formation of the two great political parties which divided the nation, one led by Hamilton and the other by Jefferson.

He became a typical American politician, not by force of public speaking, but by dexterity in the formation and management of a party.

The Napoleonic wars, though comparable to the present war in fundamental importance, lasted for a generation, which the war of to-day can hardly do; the effects of the wars with Napoleon were complicated by the Industrial Revolution; the industrial system and the commercial fabric erected on it were then only in process of formation and the power of the people was small.

Santa Cruz, which is left to leeward, is a long, low, ragged island, of the same form as St. Thomas's and the Virgins, and belonging, I should suppose, to the same formation.

It belongs probably to that formation of tertiary calcareous marl so often seen in the West Indies, especially at Barbadoes: but if so, it must, to judge from the scar which it makes seaward, have been upheaved long ago, and like the whole islandand indeed all the islandsbetokens an immense antiquity.

I FORMATION OF IDEAS SECTION I. OPERATIONS OF INTELLECT IN GENERAL 450.

He saw that the old battle formation in single line-ahead was insufficient if you wantedas he himself always didto gain an overwhelming victory.

He also saw that, though an improvement on the old formation, Lord Howe's method of the single line-abreast was still a good deal short of tactical perfection.

I believe that I am right in saying that, from the date of Salamis downwards, history records no decisive naval victory in which the victorious fleet has not succeeded in concentrating against a relatively weak point in its enemy's formation a greater number of its own ships.

The construction of fortresses was associated, as was always the case, with the formation of military roads.

The very lack of leisure, and the incessant strain upon the physique which belong to "sweating," contribute to retard education, and to render mutual acquaintanceship and the formation of a distinct trade interest extremely difficult.

Then, having provided for the enemy's probable tactics, he drew out his main line facing Medina in rather shallow formation.

The 'forked-parsnip' formation of the 'human form divine' is detected at a glance, but there's just a chance that if your legs are drawn together, and you remain perfectly motionless, you may be mistaken for the stump of a tree, or at the best some less dangerous enemy than man.

Being in any formation, assembled: 1. Asskirmishers, 2. MARCH.

At the formation of the company the platoons or squads are numbered consecutively from right to left and these designations do not change.

In this formation close order movements only are executed.

but route step and at ease are applicable to any marching formation.

After deployment, and before opening fire, the advance of the company may be continued in skirmish line or other suitable formation, depending upon circumstances.

The best formation is the one which advances the line farthest with the least loss of men, time, and control.

If after deploying a favorable opportunity arises to hold it for some time in close formation, it should be reassembled.

As a German writer remarks, "the formation of the language and the evolution of the myth go hand in hand."

2364 examples of  formation  in sentences