Sentence examples for a stern code of from inspiring English sources

He declined, and then, without his knowledge, another subcommittee member drafted a stern code of ethics.

The early Israelites possessed a strong centralizing force in their monotheistic faith, combined with a stern code of ethics, which set them apart from all their neighbours.

THE next time anybody heard of the decency commission was last week, when Martin Bergman, a freelance writer and commission member, told The New York Times that he had drafted recommendations for the city to do precisely what the Garment report warned against: create a stern code of ethics emphasizing a respect for "pluralistic values".

Though there are no federal laws on the subject, many workplaces and universities enforce a stern code.

One of the best movies I've seen recently is Nagisa Oshima's last film, "Gohatto" (1999), about the stern codes of samurai warriors and the violent passions that those codes constrained — and about the political order that they defended, reinforced, or threatened.

Larsen was a stern clinician of privilege, not a sentimentalist.

And Pavel Gabov was a stern incarnation of old age.

This judgment followed a stern weighing of evidence.

Underpinning modernism was a stern sense of morality.

And she's a stern critic of my work.

The severity of the economic downturn will set a stern test of lenders' credit management.