Sentence examples for decent environments from inspiring English sources

The biggest challenge of the twenty-first century is to provide sufficient food, water, and energy to allow everyone on the planet to live decent lives in decent environments, in the face of rising population, the threat of climate change, and (sooner or later) declining fossil fuels.

People also want to play their sport in a decent environment.

"People are demanding honest government... people want services, they want to raise their children in a decent environment".

By disrupting schooling, and denying children a decent environment in which to do homework, the cuts will dash some young dreams.

Chris Knight, area manager for Guinness, says: "The good thing here is that people are moving into decent homes with a decent environment from an estate with stock in poor condition.

Planning is about balancing the need for a decent environment with business's need to grow, and the south-east of England is one of the richest and most densely-populated areas of the world.

Yet, with the progress of economic prosperity they will probably become more like Europeans and Americans, who want scenery, a decent environment and a smattering of history and culture.

"The great thing is, you're treating the person as a whole – giving them a physical health check, a decent environment, getting them connected and ultimately into independence – to avoid a revolving door".

In the words of a couple from Hackney, east London, Huw and Connie Rees, quoted in the social historian David Kynaston's studies of postwar Britain: "People who moved to Stevenage (they did in 1952) wanted no more than the basic right of a home of their own …somewhere to live and to bring up their children in a decent environment".

"He tries to get the best out of the players and out of the team and he makes it a decent environment to work in," said Moussa.

"What people [at risk] need is a decent environment in which to live," he says.