Sentence examples for civilisation for from inspiring English sources

That's civilisation for you; that's decency and refinement.

I also relied on a few goods from civilisation for pleasure: including vodka and cigars.

The new take on Civilisation "for the digital age" will air on BBC2.

The BBC has announced its intention to remake Civilisation for the digital age.

It seems a strange introduction to European civilisation, for instance, that can find no space for Newgrange, Avebury or Carnac.

The roots of this issue lie in the deeply held assumption of the beneficial quality of French civilisation for humankind.

Burke underlines the importance of his title's plural form: there is not one single, global war "against terror" let alone "for civilisation" (or "for the Ummah") but multiple, loosely articulated local and regional ones.

Questions that have agonised civilisations for centuries, yet here funnelled through the eyes of a teenage girl.

Tony Blair, George Bush, Lawrence of Arabia, Anthony ("Suez") Eden – all passing foreigners who made far less impact on the ancient flow of alliances, ambitions and hatreds that have watered the cradle of so many civilisations for millennia.

Records show that the Babylonians and the ancient Chinese were able to predict solar eclipses as early as 2500 BC, but it was a phenomenon that confounded ancient civilisations for centuries.

"Inspired by historical artefacts from around the world, such as the ceremonial Hawaiian feather helmet worn by chiefs, I've made up narratives and imaginary civilisations for where certain objects might have come from".