Sentence examples for be destructive to a from inspiring English sources
The original Fifth Avenue site is the right location, and a move to the Village sets a horrific precedent and will be destructive to a historic New York site.
Gottman identified four key emotional reactions that are destructive to a relationship: defensiveness, "stonewalling" (withdrawing from a conversation), criticism and contempt.
The two principles make it plain that any move away from the street — to an encastled arts center or to plaza-and-park housing — is destructive to a city's health.
We live in the Era of the Yahoo and the cultural value of schooling cannot combat it until it is revealed for what it is: Destructive to a democratic society.
For a man who readily admits he needs to be destructive to avoid dissatisfaction, art was a kind of salvation from damage and the suffocating confines of the petit bourgeoisie.
Although actions rooted in selfishness may provide some short-term benefits to those who strive to maintain their relative advantages, they are destructive to society as a whole.
He added, "For the state to say polygamy is destructive to society is an insult.
This approach is at best a compromise: running tillers through the soil so frequently is destructive to its tilth, yet weeding a 160-acre block of broccoli by hand is unrealistic.
Similarly, interpersonal violence is destructive to relationships and inappropriate as a solution to problems.
"This is why being a politician is destructive to brain and character," he recently said, wryly.
These behaviors are destructive to the public health of Americans, and are therefore destructive to America as a whole.
