Sentence examples for its very raison from inspiring English sources

The Balanchine repertory not only is at the heart of the New York City Ballet but its very raison d'etre.

That will mean more short-term projects, which could mean the R.S.C. renouncing its very raison d'être.

But, with Arafat's death, Fatah lost not only the forefather and leader of its foundational militant phase but its very raison d'être.

Its very raison d'etre often seems murky, as the plight and divisions of Italian Christian Democracy, the British Conservative Party and French Gaullism make abundantly clear.

Durban II cannot be salvaged; its very raison d'être includes demonizing Israel.

Indeed any examination of that 1973 uprising illustrates very clearly not only that the occupation still unfolding in Oregon will not be ended easily, but also that its very raison d'etre is, at best, ironic.

Conversely, there's the world of Dallas (Matthew McConaughey), the fanatical impresario and dancer, a figure of ridicule but not quite of tragedy because of his self-deluding commitment to his art (or "art") as his very raison d'être.

The difficulty with this view of reconstruction is that it seems to deny the very raison d'être of historical and comparative linguistics.

Launched in 1996 to counter a perceived overlooking of women authors by existing literary awards, it was the Orange prize's very raison d'être that attracted ire.

If not, the current generation of young people could be the first since the second world war to be worse off than the generation that went before it, undermining the European union's very raison d'être.

Once merely a hobby, it is now, he says, "the very raison for my être".