Sentence examples for distinct societies from inspiring English sources

The Mondrian image of a world divided into distinct societies, each with it own distinctive moral values, makes it difficult to account for these considerations.

In his biting third novel, Mark Merlis deftly sketches two distinct societies in Washington: Capitol Hill, where lawmakers and their aides toil in ridiculous formality and futility; and the city's gay singles scene, with its triviality and treachery on display.

I realise distinct societies that, for one reason or another, have failed to hold on to their nation state status (or never even had one) do need to regain it or achieve it.

A past president of the local Lions' Club and former head of the Democratic Party for Franklin Township, Mr. Chivukula said Asian transplants to New Jersey did themselves no favor by remaining "in close-knit, ethnically distinct societies, unseen by the rest of the world".

Of course, not all cultural exchanges are undertaken in good faith — Christian missionaries and the Imperial British East Africa Company were not invited to Kenya, nor were they happily received — but, every once in a while, distant and distinct societies meet, and the resulting fission produces something unexpected and sublime.

The Kerner Commission feared that the United States would become two distinct societies, yet among the most striking aspects of the #NeverAgain movement is its young members' ability to see a common predicament despite their different backgrounds — to acknowledge what King called the "inescapable web of mutuality".

Mr. Chretien, a strong federalist, also opposes the Meech Lake Accord, which recognizes Quebec as a "distinct society," gives it the right to promote and preserve that distinctiveness, and transfers a number of other powers to Canada's 10 provinces.

It's a complete and distinct society.

The clause recognizing Quebec as a "distinct society" is the main sticking point.

And Mr Martin's talk of Quebec as a "distinct society" is risky.

He re-emerged in 1987 and 1991 to fight constitutional proposals to recognise Quebec as a distinct society.