Sentence examples for encouraged serious from inspiring English sources

It has also encouraged serious people to ask awkward questions about America's alliance with Israel.

It was the cold war, and Sputnik in particular, that spurred the growth of language and area studies in the United States and the Vietnam War that encouraged serious scholarship on East Asia.

Laguerre also encouraged serious investigative journalism, and did not shy away from controversial issues.

The small sofa area and chairs encourage serious browsing sessions.

We are forthright with our data and methodology to encourage serious debate, independent research and further study.

The food options are disconcertingly refined for a place that encourages serious drinking: there are some sandwiches, but one's made with foie gras, and another with brandade.

And he always strove to give Latin America control over the production of its own history, both by setting up newspapers and magazines and by encouraging serious academic enterprises.

Mr Dalhuisen said that, by engaging Turkey as Europe's "gatekeeper", the EU risked "ignoring and now encouraging serious human rights violations".

The Ashes series, a confection of five-day, 50-over and t20 matches, is artificial in nature, but the sort of platform which encourages serious assessment.

The next administration will then have to move quickly to encourage serious negotiations over the future of Kashmir and genuine cooperation to defeat extremists.

One would not want to encourage serious disruption at the BBC, but journalists should fight for their right to write where they like.