Sentence examples for contemporary willingness from inspiring English sources

But it cannot be equal to Archy Moore!" The story of "Archy Moore" anticipates the contemporary willingness to accept as works of social or political witness stories that turn out to be works of fiction.

I think that one of the problems that we have in contemporary society is this willingness to speak dismissively of people in general.

McCrum tries to have it both ways: "Language becomes more than just an essential means of communication; it embodies a contemporary aspiration, expressing a willingness to innovate with new ideas, to adapt old uses and to enfranchise new people.

It would convey genuine enthusiasm for contemporary culture, and a willingness to use public platforms to celebrate artists who are making art now.

He himself claimed to be superior to most of his contemporaries in "ability and willingness to learn from everybody," and indeed, for all his father's careful schooling, there was never anybody less buttoned up against alien influences than Mill.

It was ahead of its time in its egalitarian humanism, and in its willingness to invoke contemporary politics.

More flexible than Wynton in his willingness to explore contemporary music, Branford is nevertheless a highly skilled player in the traditional styles.

The first major civic building completed in the historic center of Rome in more than a half-century, it trumpets this city's willingness to embrace contemporary architecture after decades of smugly turning its back on the present.

What is often less known in the general public about such argumentation is that legal scholars have found ways of deconstructing this argument and much of contemporary jurisprudence relies on our willingness to work through such nuance.

Reconciliation in Christ, the confession asserted, must mean the willingness to reexamine even the contemporary church's conceptions of right and wrong.

What distinguishes many designers who show in Paris from those who don't is their willingness to address larger issues of contemporary personal life.