Sentence examples for attack on heritage from inspiring English sources

As directed by Sarah Benson, the theatre's visionary director, there was something nasty about the show — not an assault on dead white men but a sneaky attack on heritage.

An Islamic militant who helped destroy the fabled shrines of Timbuktu has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a groundbreaking case that prosecutors hope will deter other attacks on heritage sites around the world.

What price do you put on heritage?

The protesters said the N.A.A.C.P.'s campaign to have the banner removed from all public properties was an attack on Southern heritage.

"This is a serious attack on the heritage of humanity," said Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at Paris city hall, standing on the steps of the museum amid a swarm of television cameras.

Governments are concerned about the trade in illicit antiquities because it is a challenge to the sovereignty of the state and an attack on the national heritage.

Only a few years later, in 1969, the most insidious attack on the genetic heritage of black Americans made its appearance, an attack essentially a reprise of the befuddled genetic determinism of the 1920s.

"On behalf of the five million members of the NRA and tens of millions of American sportsmen, we thank Secretary Zinke for eliminating this arbitrary attack on our hunting heritage". .

Bertrand Delano the mayor of Paris, said the theft "is an intolerable attack on the universal cultural heritage of Paris".

Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, expressed his shock and sadness at a "theft that is an intolerable attack on the universal cultural heritage of Paris".

In Sichuan Province, a large dam that would have inundated a Qin Dynasty waterworks was canceled after opponents framed the project as an attack on China's cultural heritage.