Sentence examples for constituted a fundamental from inspiring English sources

In itself, it constituted a fundamental precedent for the later development of European constitutional monarchies.

The introduction of centre-pivot sprinkler systems in the 1970s constituted a fundamental change in the history of Nebraska agriculture because it made possible the cultivation of land that previously could not be irrigated.

They believe that the observed rights discourses from recent protests marked a bottom-up demand for civil rights in China, and constituted a fundamental breakthrough in the traditional subordinate state-individual relationships.

The court ruled unanimously that the law amounted to discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, and constituted a fundamental violation of rights.

Predictably because most gay rights advocates had sued on the technical basis that Prop 8 constituted a fundamental revision of the California Constitution rather than an amendment.

Likewise, wearing headgear that fully covers the face does not constitute a fundamental liberty.

Together they would constitute a fundamental revocation of an American social contract that was hammered out seventy years ago during the New Deal.

The risk is that, in the growing confusion and interference, we lose all perspective on what constitutes a fundamental human right, trivialising what is a hugely important issue.

Thring's article concludes by saying that if Hanni's "individualist approach becomes mainstream, it could constitute a fundamental change in the way we drink wine".

If this profoundly modern, compellingly individualist approach becomes mainstream, it could constitute a fundamental change in the way we drink wine.

The real problem is that, underneath, people dispute that Iraq is a threat; dispute the link between terrorism and WMD; dispute the whole basis of our assertion that the two together constitute a fundamental assault on our way of life.