Sentence examples for highly oppressive from inspiring English sources

Being a persistent minority can be highly oppressive even if the majority does not try to act oppressively.

The authorities have not shown "any willingness to reform the entrenched, highly oppressive legal system".

Other countries in their region, some with highly oppressive regimes, have not rushed in to help.

China's growth may be rooted in the removal of highly oppressive Maoist institutions, but its communist government remains fundamentally extractive.

He said: "There is rising evidence that major sponsors are running out of patience with major sports who are constantly putting their events in highly oppressive states.

In an invitation to potential collaborators in 2006, he wrote, "Our primary targets are those highly oppressive regimes in China, Russia and Central Eurasia, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the West who wish to reveal illegal or immoral behavior in their own governments and corporations".

There's a sort of techno-fear, instigated perhaps by a dozen sci-fi movie visions of an oppressive, highly mechanised VR future.

The corrupt officer-class is presented as part of a highly developed and oppressive military-industrial complex that supports the exploitation of workers and maintains the brutal power of the Tsar.

A machiavellian turn in US and UK foreign policy could make humanitarian aid a bargaining chip in foreign policy; one that is highly valued by oppressive governments that care too much about who should not receive life-saving assistance and protection in war.

"It's highly discriminatory and oppressive, and may well lead to violence".

Ivan Perisic excelled on his step up to this level, scoring twice, while the veteran Ivica Olic was a rampaging presence on the left, but Croatia proved to be one of several European teams outdone by a combination of highly skilled opponents and oppressive conditions.