Sentence examples for his precepts from inspiring English sources

Eschewing irony, Mamet prefers his precepts to be literal and traditional.

I have never before heard Ophelia so audible when Polonius delivers his precepts to her brother.

Though his precepts were homespun to the point of platitude, they were transparently sincere and devoid of conventional pomposity.

I decided to publish a book that includes one of his precepts for every single day of the year.

Although some of his precepts have been revived nowadays, Mao Tse-tung, has not as yet placed a public stamp of approval on "TheBook of the Lord Shang".

The letters throw useful light on the Antonines and on Fronto's judgments of earlier writers and his precepts about language and style.

Leo's 432 letters and 96 sermons expound his precept of papal primacy in church jurisdiction.

This is as good as Updike, and follows his precept of rendering "the small authentic thing over the big inflated thing".

The current government has followed his precept, awarding them lavish raises while, in some cases, allowing them to do less work which helps to explain why the cash bonanza has not yielded a commensurate boost in output.

The application of his precept that organic chemistry could be understood in terms of the principles that govern inorganic chemistry reached its zenith in the 1830s, especially as it was embodied in the older theory of radicals.

This tract led to Steele's being accused of hypocrisy and mocked for the contrast between his austere precepts and his genially convivial practice.