Sentence examples for built on desire from inspiring English sources

The classic romance, whether comic or tragic, is built on desire igniting a conflict that has to be resolved for a relationship to grow; modern romance is based on the premise of emotional and intellectual compatibility, the effort to kindle the sparks of love from friendship.

Los Angeles, built on desire and dressed in chaos, seems the perfect place for a poet to sketch hope, heartbreak and imperfect beauty.

Moscow's desire to build on its defense relationship with Egypt, and even to push along the sale of attack helicopters, may have played a role in France's decisions.

The alternative style of parenting Pollack and his wife, Regina, subscribe to is built on the desire to raise a kid — a totally deck kid — without actually having to change, or give up any of, your pre-baby lifestyle.

They finished the regular season with Super League's best attack and defence and for that reason alone are perhaps deserved league leaders, earning a home semi-final against St Helens on Thursday following a performance built on guts, desire and pride.

Japan's desire for "normalisation" aims only to build on those benign influences.

By trying to protect an empire built on our peculiar desire to watch online videos of people reacting to online videos, two online video tycoons are now watching their followers react badly – and it's not good for business.

For him, the relationship between the two isn't built on a genuine desire for the government to hear the concerns of Aboriginal communities, but is actually a utilitarian relationship with a primarily economic focus.

Ed Miliband must build on the desire for unity which the party will display when he speaks on Tuesday.

In a new pamphlet for Compass, Mark Fisher and I advocate a number of means by which the progressive left could articulate a politics that builds on this desire for democracy.

The new focus builds on a desire to use the nation's most elite troops to counter any residual terrorist threat over the coming months as well as to devote the military's best trainers to the difficult task of preparing Afghan security forces to take over responsibilities in their country.