You rifle through your visual memory and there it is: Vermeer, the 17th-Century Dutch artist who painted extraordinary portraits of women engaged in the ordinary -- writing a letter, making lace or putting on a necklace of pearls.
Can we say the following?
Vermeer is a 17th-Century Dutch artist.

yes

The development of agriculture by early humans, roughly 10,000 years ago, was also harmful to many natural ecosystems as they were systematically destroyed and replaced with artificial versions.
Can we say the following?
Humans existed 10,000 years ago.

yes

Total coal stocks with the thermal power stations came down to 9.6 million tonnes on March 3, 2003 from 11 million tonnes on October 1, 2002.
Can we say the following?
Coal stocks rise.

no

Hurricane Katrina petroleum-supply outlook improved somewhat, yesterday, as U.S. and European governments agreed to release 2 million barrels a day, of oil and refined products, from their reserves.
Can we say the following?
Offers by individual European governments, involved supplies of crude or refined oil products.
yes