Sentence examples for act of base from inspiring English sources

But to many in this crisis-prone country, as well as to a hissing chorus of Muslim commentators elsewhere, the business looked more like an embarrassing symptom of sickly xenophobia or, perhaps, an act of base demagoguery.

We must never allow ourselves to get used to these acts of base criminality to our women and children".

We must never allow ourselves to get used to these acts of base criminality".

The indictment implied not only that he had acted on purpose, which he did not deny, but that he had acted out of base motives and in full knowledge of the criminal nature of his deeds.

Few people think that they have acted out of base or selfish or vicious motives.

If he is finally sent to Germany, German law requires that to get a conviction for abetting murder the prosecutor must prove that while a guard Demjanjuk acted out of "base motives" (such as sadism or racism) and not that he was simply obeying orders.

He steered through the House of Lords the Government of India Act of 1919, based on the Montagu-Chelmsford proposals for the reform of the Indian constitution.

Here is the most "popular" of 11 operas by Franco Alfano, who nevertheless remains better known for his completion of the third act of "Turandot," based on Puccini's sketches.

That decision was the real act of hubris, based on the belief that after toppling Saddam Hussein, we would have plenty of time to defeat the Taliban and hunt down Osama bin Laden.

"We feel that this was not a random act of violence based on the condition of the body when it was found," Mr. McMillian's family said in a statement.

"We feel that this was not a random act of violence, based on the condition of the body when it was found," they said in the statement, which was released on Sunday.