Sentence examples for alone a civilisation from inspiring English sources

Europeans found it hard to see any culture here at all, let alone a civilisation.

As someone who has been two-footed by the jug-eared coalminers of Wallerawang United or Lithgow Workies, let me tell you, it feels a long way from civilisation, let alone a professional contract.

In a civilisation of complicated mechanism, the postman alone retains the human touch.

Burke underlines the importance of his title's plural form: there is not one single, global war "against terror" let alone "for civilisation" (or "for the Ummah") but multiple, loosely articulated local and regional ones.

What is a civilisation?

Or, if you like, a civilisation.

It's a civilisation changer.

A civilisation in fragments which sits atop another civilisation in fragments.

"We will create a civilisation of the mind in cyberspace.

We are something like a civilisation," said Freedland.

Vermeer painted for a civilisation that worked.