Sentence examples for ideal not from inspiring English sources

Theorists sometimes relate this to idealism because it is in pursuit of an ideal not yet a reality.

Those are shifts within the ideal, not a new philosophy.

But today it was an ideal, not a political figure, that seized the imagination of people here.

That to me would be more the ideal, not exactly Lincoln-Douglas, but as close as you could get".

The impossibility of being perfect during a full lifetime leads some modern interpreters to propose that Jesus intended these admonitions to be only an ideal, not a requirement.

FROM cars to malls to corporations, being the biggest is an American ideal, not to mention a time-honored American marketing device.

It is a state of affairs that is less than ideal, not least because their European campaign will last until the middle of December at the earliest.

Colorblindness is an ideal, not an idol, and the Constitution does not require us to sacrifice effective education and integration in its name.

Along the way to my ideal not-proper job, I spent 10 years or so piecing together a living with other not-proper jobs.

One of the reasons Mr. Bin Laden is so popular is that he represents the long lost ideal -- not seen in the kingdom since King Abdel Aziz unified the land that became Saudi Arabia in the 1920's -- of the Arab who fights not just to preserve but to spread the faith.

But if you think security is a legitimate ideal -- not a privilege to be ashamed of but one that should be extended -- then you should say so.