Sentence examples for build not on from inspiring English sources

Talking to young Iraqis such as Hassan, you sense how much they want to break the old mold -- how much they want to be Arabs, with an Arab identity, but to build a modern state that actually focuses on tapping its people's talents and energies, rather than diverting them, and one that seeks to base their dignity on what they build, not on whom they fight.

They are there as an aide memoire for the person you met – the real value lies in the impression you make and the relationship you build, not on your card.

Powerful movements build not on a laundry list of policy demands, but on principles and values.

His cities are built not on rock but on waterbed.

Its vital call for differentiation now builds not on past wrongs, but on current development needs.

Unlike New York, this isle is built not on rock, but on Mississippi River Delta silt.

The Fitzgibbon family's empire was built, not on the back of heroin, however, but ecstasy in the 1990s.

The message that Mr. Murdoch sought to stamp on the hearing was that his success was built not on power but on integrity.

Obama has a phrase for it: he says he wants an America built not on sand, but on rock.

This is, after all, a country built not on some fuzzy claim to ethnic brotherhood, but on the broad acceptance of a few universally applicable values.

If there is any change in the Caribbean, it is most likely to be the return of Michael Vaughan, a faith built not on form, but on happy memories.