Sentence examples for imperfect institutions from inspiring English sources

One wonders where our nation would be if we all bailed out of imperfect institutions.

I agree that those who practice medicine in imperfect institutions might -- must -- sometimes choose imperfect actions, but believe that your supply-room raid still fell short.

Surely if there is one thing we have learned about taking imperfect institutions apart, it is that you don't do it unless you have a clear idea of what is wrong with them and why another arrangement would be better.

Libertarians have responded by questioning whether government regulation, which would replace one set of imperfect institutions (private businesses) with another (government agencies), would solve or only worsen these problems.

A contract C.I.A. agent, Ray lets slip that "the sixties annoyed him," explaining: **{:.break one} ** The sixties said that if you knocked down certain well-meaning but imperfect institutions you would get something altogether more beautiful and wonderful flowering up to replace them.

"We need to do so from a perspective that acknowledges the dangers as well as the value of church autonomy: that treats churches as imperfect institutions, not saintly ones, and asks what sorts of nonlegal levers — from internal debate within the church to external public criticism — might encourage churches to exercise their authority sensitively and appropriately.

When we joined, we knew the council was an imperfect institution.

The answer may hinge on whether we see business — the market — as the best (though imperfect) institution to mediate self-gratification and the public good, or whether we see it as a hopeless Faustian bargain with capital — with, that is, entrenched privilege and preexisting wealth.

Cohen, a former controller of BBC1 and BBC3, who commissioned shows such as Call the Midwife and Last Tango in Halifax, said the licence fee-funded broadcaster was an "imperfect institution and 'critical friends' are an important way for us to keep improving.

The United Nations is an imperfect institution, but it is the best available avenue through which the world can address global challenges.

Beyond their own personal narrative, the pair recognizes a chance to present an honest look at the foster care system and the ways in which the LGBTQ community can be encouraged to strengthen and improve an imperfect institution.