Sentence examples for encouraged marriages from inspiring English sources

He encouraged marriages within the Monticello world and tried to keep families together; the exhibition points out that "slave marriage was illegal in Virginia," but that at Monticello "enduring unions were the norm".

It encouraged marriage and children, and frowned on illegitimacy and women at work.

In 2003, you wrote for The New Yorker about another innovative social program, which encouraged marriage as a way out of poverty.

Representative Nancy L. Johnson, Republican of Connecticut, said the findings vindicated the welfare strategy of Republicans in Congress, who encouraged marriage as one of the explicit goals of the 1996 welfare law.

During the socialist period, pro-natalist policies encouraged marriage by providing housing to married couples.

This discourse encouraged marriage as a core goal for young women and those behaviours that made them more eligible, thus it generally discouraged CSPs.

The fact that most Indian companies are family-owned exaggerates this: to prevent wealth being diluted, it encourages marriages not only within the same caste, but also within the same family.

I want to promote marriage, defend marriage, encourage marriage.

Public policy needs to support and encourage marriage," she said.

But equally he said it was good to encourage marriage.

George Bush is trying to tweak the welfare system to encourage marriage.