Sentence examples for and a corruption of from inspiring English sources

Suddenly anything public is "socialism", therefore a deviancy, inevitably second-rate, and a corruption of, so to speak, the public virtue.

"We're not going to accept to pay for the broken dishes of a failed regulation" and a "corruption of capitalism," he said Thursday.

Putin took issue with Obama's stance, citing it as a potential violation of international law and a corruption of the norms that had fostered international stability since the Second World War.

"What is a nuisance for rich-country researchers (constant emails) is a major corruption for developing-country science a corruption of the legitimate and vital open-access publishing model and a corruption of the vast funds, much of which are public, invested in global health research," she says.

He rejected the notion that evil exists in itself, proposing instead that it is a privation of (or falling away from) good, and a corruption of nature.

Her nickname, The Gin Palace, came from her luxurious fittings and a corruption of her name (A Gin Court), pink gin being a popular drink among Royal Navy officers at the time.

They have been transcribed from Spanish-colonization days and surround two characters who travel together named Djos and Ley, a corruption of "God" and "King".

Parkour originated in the suburbs of Paris and is a corruption of the French word "parcours," meaning route or journey.

Many believe that the word holly derives from this belief and is a corruption of the word holy.

Outsiders ranging from mid-century rabble-rousers like George Seldes and IF Stone to the bloggers of today have railed against access as a compromise and, ultimately, a corruption of that independence.

Crossing adheres to the Age of Reason, however, and suggests the name is simply a corruption of Saxon and old English words for "water, stone and wood".