Sentence examples for imperatives do from inspiring English sources

Somehow, though, these imperatives do not sound like strictures.

The commission, he said, warned that operators should "ensure commercial imperatives do not crowd out management of regulatory risk".

One tends to think of Israel as a country where survivalist imperatives do not allow for much antiwar sentiment.

Ancestral imperatives don't carry nearly the weight they do in France, and if winemakers want to blend cabernet with shiraz (the Australians even changed the name of the syrah grape), why not?

The main idea here is that while moral sentences do in fact express a species of prescription much as ordinary imperatives do, they express prescriptions of a special universal sort.

The question is 'What moral imperatives do we want them to reflect?" This presents a challenge, as pragmatism must balance idealism, especially in this area.

What "imperatives" did the space program present to presidents Kennedy and Reagan?

As expected, without the current policy and action plan in place, or business as usual, little improvements are expected in waste management compared to current trends, and strictly emphasizing economic imperatives does not favor sustainable organic waste management.

Mr. Theofanidis, at any rate, is mindful of the physician's first imperative: "Do no harm".

How long will they carry that invisible imperative, Don't cross the bridge?

That French title, literally translated, is a blunt imperative, "Don't leave me!" — a lot harsher than its familiar American adaptation, "If You Go Away," lets on.