Sentence examples for alter of from inspiring English sources

Nothing in their concern over terrorism justified sacrificing privacy on the alter of pragmatism.

While modern redesigns sacrifice soul on the alter of simplicity, Falkirk's is another fine example of the designers of the 1970s having nailed it.

But as Paris draws nearer, is Australia willing to sacrifice its international reputation and the future state of its own climate on the alter of coal?

In the Cairns summer it is brutally hot by 8am, so a 4 15pm kick-off reduced the players to a sacrificial offering at the alter of the Fox Sports programming department.

Such a programme will take a fair amount of time to bear fruit, but I have little patience for those who persist in sacrificing long-term gains at the alter of short-term necessity year after year after year.

(Pareles) SATANICIDE (Tonight) Hailing from New Jersey, this longstanding band plays a highly ironic though no doubt culturally committed version of heavy metal that bows before the alter of Black Sabbath and AC/DC.

Greg Alter of the Air Marshal Service described the discharge, the first since the weapons program began, as "accidental".

"With no offense to the fine people of Iowa, the Iowa caucuses are an absurd political institution," said Jonathan Alter of Newsweek and NBC News.

Those who have commented include Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times, Jack Shafer on Slate, and Jay Rosen on his blog PressThink.

In February, Lloyd Alter of Treehugger.com noted in a post titled, "The Semiotics of Greenwashing," the use of children in ads for the coal and cement industries.

Mr. Craig, a former law school classmate of Mrs. Clinton's, became a charter member of this club when he wondered aloud (to Jonathan Alter of Newsweek) "if Hillary's campaign can't control Bill, whether Hillary's White House could".