Sentence examples for Public propriety from inspiring English sources

Public propriety in individuals is something which should concern us all.

Humanity is always in danger of backsliding into barbarism, so we should respect customs in sexuality, religion and public propriety, even if no one can articulate their rationale, because they are time-tested workarounds for our innate shortcomings.

In principle, Mary Shelley believed in publishing every last word of her husband's work; but she found herself obliged to omit certain passages, either by pressure from her publisher, Edward Moxon, or in deference to public propriety.

The subtle opening of surface events to these depths by way of the symbolic realm was one of the many paradoxical triumphs of (and over) a system of narrowed, censored possibilities and of public proprieties.

Public and propriety databases were initially used as resources for data mining, but ultimately all molecular interaction data was sourced from published literature.

"It was not proposed or envisaged as a tool to protect any minister from due accountability - not least when there are issues on probity in public finances or propriety of ministerial conduct.

The government promptly shoved aside public opinion and propriety to pass an ordinance neutralizing the ruling.

The hysteria sprang from some genuine cases of abuse and a growing public consciousness about propriety around children.

Where competition did not exist, the propriety of public regulation had been proven.

Through the footnotes, Hawthorne thus juxtaposes propriety – Northern public morality and decorum – against the heterodoxy of his main text.

Respondents urge, and the Court of Appeals apparently agreed, that the public controversy involved the propriety of the actions of law enforcement officials in investigating and prosecuting suspected Soviet agents.