Sentence examples for a progressive element from inspiring English sources

The culture secretary said such a system could help tackle the issue of non-payment, which is currently a criminal officence, as well as introducing a progressive element absent from the flat-rate licence fee.

A progressive element pressed for the adoption of new methods and practices used by other American churches, such as Sunday schools, revival services, institutions of higher learning, salaried pastors, foreign missions, and a free religious press.

On the other hand it is impossible to deny that there is a progressive element in technology, as it is clear from the most elementary survey that the acquisition of techniques is a cumulative matter, in which each generation inherits a stock of techniques on which it can build if it chooses and if social conditions permit.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has already emphasised the importance of a "progressive" element to the student funding deal.

The business secretary says he is still committed to a "progressive" element within the final fees package.

This last feature changed in 1954, when the system moved from one of individual accounts to a one of PAYG type, also a progressive element was introduced with low- and medium-wage workers receiving higher replacement ratios at retirement.

"It has a very substantial liberal, progressive element, but outside of the cities, it has a very conservative population.

The universal household levy, based on the German model, could potentially include concessions for single-occupancy households, introducing a council tax-style progressive element, and was one of the options outlined in the government's green paper on the future of the BBC.

"They're drawn to [OpenGov's] innovation and tech and progressive element," says Bookman without missing a beat.

According to Harris, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the band's first album which was "more progressive," while they would only return to this style from 1995's The X Factor, which he states is "like an extension of Seventh Son..., in the sense of the progressive element to it".

The Kurds, who represent the most stable and progressive element of Iraq, have made it clear that they desire to be a part of a united Iraqi nation.