Sentence examples for ethnic base from inspiring English sources

They stressed the ethnic base, rather than civic elements, in defining the Korean nation.

Bill de Blasio doesn't have the same ethnic base, but progressives love him.

This means to not allow Syria to be divided on any ethnic base; for Turkey this is crucial," Yıldırım said.

The ethnic base of the Afghan opposition needs to be broadened through the recruitment of credible leaders from these southern areas where the Pashtun ethnic group predominates.

In its formative years Koreans developed the ethnic base of nation without a corresponding attention to the political notion of citizenship.

The Communists -- though few in number -- are one of the only parties with a broad enough ethnic base to claim to speak for all Iraqis.

The differences are held to be ethnic, based on the belief that it has something to do with blood relations.

It "was like a baptism, a confirmation, a bar mitzvah", he exclaimed (neatly covering his ethnic bases).

"It's becoming a significant evolution, especially in cities with large ethnic bases," Robert Rowell, chief operating officer of the Warriors, said of marketing to ethnic audiences.

Iraq's leaders should look beyond their sectarian and ethnic bases and show the skill and vision to govern all of their people.

They are Easterners, Midwesterners and Southerners; they cover the ethnic bases (African-American, Polish, Portuguese and white Protestant) and spread neatly across the economic spectrum, from underclass to Boston Brahmin.