Sentence examples for of the present generation from inspiring English sources

In 1973 Thorne coauthored the textbook Gravitation, from which most of the present generation of scientists have learned general relativity theory.

The definition of sustainability which is generally adopted is: "meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (World Commission on the Environment and Development, 1987. Brundtland report).

Sustainability is generally defined as the ability to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

"Pianists of the present generation are born with the technique and style of this composition of Liszt's in their blood".

But it cannot be an English man of the present generation.

OPERA lovers, myself included, are fond of wringing their hands about the failings of the present generation of singers compared with the great voices of the past.

"I think if they were limited to milk, they would have a milk ritual," said Jim Bouton, a pitcher for the Yankees in the 1960s who is highly critical of how the present generation of ballplayers celebrates success.

Of course, the question of what the present generation owes future generations is greatly complicated by the non-identity problem and related issues [ 30].

In addition or alternatively, we might hold that the threshold level ought to reflect, say, the average level of well-being of the present generations upon whose decisions the existence, identity, and well-being of future people depend.

An omnipresent belief that influences the acceptance of earthquake disaster risk and also serves as a coping attitude is that an earthquake will not occur during the lifetime of the present generations.

The implication of this finding beyond the present generation of F. excelsior trees depends on the degree to which resistance is inherited from parents to offspring.