8 sentences with 'minor'
Example sentences and phrases with the word minor and other words derived from it.
• « In 1995, after winning two major and several minor competitions, Jon was invited to participate in the Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition. »
• « As even some minor offenses were punishable by death, there were many bodies hung, beheaded and impaled, to serve as a chastisement. »
• « This was perhaps the first time in the history of the world that a fairly minor power was transformed into a major power simply by having the foresight to build an effective navy. »
• « The idea behind the Roman tetrarchy was that minor emperors became major emperors and recruited new minors - this system worked exactly once, when minor emperors under Diocletian and Maximian took power. However, instead of a smooth transition that ushered in a stable new beginning, the Roman Empire was plunged back into civil war. »
• « In addition to attacks by groups such as the Vikings, the main political problem of the Middle Ages was that the entire feudal system was based on violence: minor lords often had no livelihood outside of war, and pressured their own lords to initiate raids on nearby lands. »
• « The "knights" were often little more than thugs who had the distinction of a minor noble title and the ability to afford arms and armour. »
• « Many of the crusaders were minor lords or landless knights, men who had few prospects at home but who now had the opportunity to make something of themselves in the name of liberating the Holy Land. Thus, most crusaders combined ambition and greed with genuine Christian piety. »