Sentence examples for given the penchant from inspiring English sources

Given the penchant of tribesmen in this isolated province to tote around weapons like personal bazookas, the Yemeni government is holding hostage about 40 sons of tribal leaders.

The title is a threefold pun, referring not just to the deep-sea diver featured in that track, but to the birds that soar and plummet through these songs; and, given the penchant for archaic and neologic coinage that results in Newsom's use of words such as "Ozymandian" and "simulacreage", one thinks of the antique spelling of "diverse", an indication of the manifold delights to be unearthed here.

Given the penchant for robots to go crazy and ram other boats, here's hoping it doesn't go crazy and ram other boats.

I'm not so sure, given the penchant for China to reach out these days (conflicts are simmering with India, Japan, and Taiwan) as a way to keep its potentially restive population quiet by focusing its attention elsewhere.

And we're likely to see Democratic governors be less likely to risk their political capital to assist labor -- meaning, assist working people -- given the penchant of many Democrats to be more likely to respond to cries from business to cut taxes and crucial spending, rather than ask the richest in the states to pay higher taxes.

It is a very plausible theory, given the Romans' penchant for artistic reminders of death.

Then, of course, given the Nets' penchant for misfortune, came the calamity.

A violent clash was inevitable, given the parties' penchant for resorting to physical confrontations to railroad measures through Parliament.

You can't have debate without knowledge, and given the growing penchant for overclassification, that's where the press steps in.

Indeed, given the human penchant for argument and scientists' habit of understatement, it could be years before everybody agrees it has been done.

It will be able to veto legislation with a two-thirds majority, approve the budget and appoint new ministers in the event of their death all too possible, given the insurgents' penchant for assassination.