6 sentences with 'momentous'
Example sentences and phrases with the word momentous and other words derived from it.
• « Moreover, Tiberius oversaw a momentous shift in the priorities of the Roman state: the Roman Empire no longer embarked on a sustained campaign of expansion as it had done since the early decades of the Republic half a millennium earlier. »
• « As in all pre-modern history, the pace of technological change during the Renaissance period was glacially slow by contemporary standards. However, there was one momentous exception: the proliferation of movable type printing. »
• « Although not created by the British government itself, the Bank of England soon became the official banking institution of the state. This was a momentous event because it allowed the government to manage the state debt effectively. »
• « Having already broken with the Catholic Church - and confiscated much of its property - the National Assembly now created a momentous precedent for religious tolerance. Religion was officially stripped of its political value for the first time in European history. »
• « In short, the industrial revolution was as momentous in human history as was the agricultural revolution that ushered in civilisation back in 10,000 BC. »
• « A momentous event occurred late in Nicholas I's reign, unrelated to tsarist autocracy per se: the destruction of the congress system created at the Congress of Vienna, thanks to the Crimean War. »