7 sentences with 'namely'
Example sentences and phrases with the word namely and other words derived from it.
• « The findings so far are very encouraging, namely that Alzheimer's disease is less common among women who took oestrogen after menopause, and that senile mental deterioration is less severe among elderly women who continue to undergo hormone replacement therapy. »
• « For them, magic and science were all aspects of the same quest, namely, trying to learn how the universe worked so that humans could influence it more effectively. »
• « In practice, by the early third century BC the plebeians had won significant legal rights, namely the right to representation and to legislate, but these victories were often overshadowed by the fact that wealthy plebeians increasingly joined with the existing patricians to create something new: the Roman aristocracy. »
• « Thus, after centuries of warfare, by 140 BCE the Romans controlled almost the entire Mediterranean world, from Spain to Anatolia. They had not yet conquered the remaining Hellenistic kingdoms, namely those of the Seleucids in the Near East and the Ptolemies in Egypt, but they controlled a vast territory. »
• « As an aside, it is important to note that the progressive view of history, namely the idea that "things always get better with time" is actually wrong in much of history, as reflected in the lives of peasants in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. »
• « The demographic consequences of the Black Death, namely its enormous death toll, resulted in a labour shortage across Europe. »
• « The Encyclopaedia was explicitly organised to refute traditional knowledge, namely that provided by the church and (to a lesser extent) the state. »