Sentence examples for imperatives never from inspiring English sources

He was at once a great artist and a great entrepreneur, who somehow insured that business imperatives never compromised his artistic values.

In urging the dispatch of troops to Kosovo, Mr Schröder used strong moral imperatives ("Never again Auschwitz") to convince the public to allow fighter planes to go into combat.

By James Wood In "All for Nothing," moral imperatives are never free of ignoble interests.

The college completion imperative has never been more urgent.

Near the beginning of the dialogue's climactic section (Section II of Book III) Shaftesbury's spokesman, Theocles, issues a pair of imperatives: one ought "never to admire the Representative-Beauty, except for the sake of the Original; nor aim at other Enjoyment than of the rational kind" (Cooper 1711/2001, 221).

It was imperative that we never add a minute to either act.

While her blog has given her plenty of commercial opportunities, Lau says she has a high level of integrity: "For me, it's imperative that I never say yes to anything I won't enjoy or don't like," she said in an interview with Harper's Bazaar at the start of the year.

The Kantian Categorical Imperative 'I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law' need not, and surely should not, be read as saying acts are only right if motivated in a certain way.

It's imperative that we never waste another opportunity like this one again.

In one memo, the company noted: "Given the organic elements of this story, it is imperative that we never overtly address through attitude or statement the issue of racism per se".

His whole life is a teenage boys fantasy (no real job, date beautiful women, eat cereal at midnight while watching cartoons) and thus it is imperative that Jerry never shows any progress or desire to change.