Sentence examples for civilised values from inspiring English sources
How all this sits with civilised values I'm not quite sure.
In all he did, Hugo Young was a gracious and lucid guardian of "civilised values".
The speed with which this has been promulgated is a worrying sign of the erosion of civilised values.
People moved from barbaric practises to more civilised values and small incremental improvements in behaviour became the norm.
One constant in his character and career has been his humanity, good humour and natural expression of civilised values.
The need to contain and disarm a despot who exterminates his own people, threatens regional security, represents an affront to civilised values.
You have shown yourself to have no respect for life, liberty or any civilised value.
"The barbarism and lack of respect for the sanctity of human life shown by Isis is a challenge to every civilised value, not least to the tenets of Islam," a spokesperson for the group said.
Either would close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, that standing insult to civilised global values, and either would sign America up for some form of climate-control agreement.
So, is Tolkien's own luxurious study of Norse retroactively financially validated by box office and sales of Gandalf action figures with the face of Sir Ian McKellen, or was it worth doing anyway because a civilised country values knowledge in and of itself?
PEN is an organisation that has earned my respect and appreciation by proving, in a short period of time, the great credibility of its commitment to its civilised goals and values.
