Sentence examples for is tolerated only from inspiring English sources

In the Arab world, such behavior is tolerated only in the entertainment business.

Jogging is tolerated only to the extent that it doesn't disturb walkers".

Are we not, perhaps unwittingly, setting up a Manichaean conception of man and the world, in which the work of the flesh, vitiated in itself, is tolerated only in view of children?

Jews were tolerated only as quasi-foreigners until 1791.

Though head scarves were not explicitly disallowed, in practice they were tolerated only for off-screen employees.

The House of Commons modernisation committee said parliament must be more welcoming to the general public and not give the impression visitors were "tolerated only at sufferance".

In the Twelve Tables, restitution was the sanction of choice for most crimes, and victim retaliation was tolerated only when attempts to obtain restitution had failed.

In most areas of public life, men are allowed their eccentricities (look at Boris Johnson); meanwhile, women are tolerated only as long as they stay within narrow parameters of convention in everything from their wardrobe to their taste in music.

You can find foreign accents in this part of Surrey – a vacherin mousse, some ricotta gnocchi, foie gras, orange polenta – but you know they're tolerated only for bringing heady new flavours to the local provender.

The leader of the house, Peter Hain, who also chairs the committee, said: "Too often the impression is given that the Commons is a private club, run solely for the benefit of its members, where members of the public are tolerated only on sufferance.

The reformers say parliament must not give the impression that visitors are "tolerated only at sufferance"; young voters should get a guide to politics at 18; and students should be allowed to stage debates inside the chamber on non-sitting days.