Sentence examples for from foreign influences from inspiring English sources
Culture, in their eyes, is not something that lives and breathes, but a fossil that must be protected from innovation - and especially from foreign influences.
After John's death, in 1395, his successors Martin I and Ferdinand I continued to encourage poetry and helped to emancipate Catalan literary style from foreign influences.
Further, some trade barriers are created for other, noneconomic reasons, such as national security or the desire to preserve or insulate local culture from foreign influences.
Shimabara Rebellion, (1637 38), uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics, the failure of which virtually ended the Christian movement in 17th-century Japan and furthered government determination to isolate Japan from foreign influences.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin introduced a draft law on Tuesday that would bar senior Russian officials from holding bank accounts or stocks outside Russia, the latest in a series of recent measures intended to insulate the country's governance from foreign influences.
The bill has been condemned abroad - most recently by Australian lawmakers - making its proponents see this piece of legislation as a way of protecting Nigerian society from foreign influences.
The officially authorised Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement, and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, are organised in such a way as to cloister Chinese Christians from foreign influence.
No one doubts that the Arab uprisings are home grown, rather than resulting from "foreign influence," as alleged by some Middle Eastern leaders.
Mr. Nasheed's critics asserted that they were acting to preserve the integrity of Islam and protect the Maldives from foreign influence.
The move underscores the increasing realization that protecting elections from foreign influence can't stop with election systems -- but must include campaigns.
