Sentence examples for perceived destructive from inspiring English sources

There have been reams written over the past 25 years about widely perceived destructive trends on both the academic and the administrative sides of our campuses.

The large quantities of undersized and non-commercial species thrown overboard and the perceived destructive nature of the trawl gear on fishing grounds led to further concerns among fishers of inshore areas such as the Firth of Clyde.

Representatives at municipal level extended on the notion of time pressure being a subjective matter by pointing at a perceived destructive organizational culture worshiping negativity.

Rohmer was a sort of Christian Freudian who, far from fretting over neurotic self-denial, saw it as the very definition of virtue; he was also a secret Sadean, who perceived terrifyingly destructive furies at work just beneath the elegant surfaces of society.

("[M]odern education promotes collectivism verses what it perceives as destructive, self-promoting individualism". (53); "Intense 'communitarianism' is continued through elementary and secondary education, and then nailed firmly into the wood by experts, ideologues, and lunatics in the university".

This consists of the capacity to distinguish that which is positive and conducive to its life, and is consequently to be pursued and sought after, from that which is perceived as negative and destructive, and consequently to be shunned and avoided.

What I am saying is that solitude, when it is forced and receiving of too little comprehension, can be cancerous is its definition as "a practice or phenomenon perceived to be... destructive and hard to contain or eradicate".

By shifting the focus from family values to economics, Bennetts hopes to sidestep the emotion that has dominated the debate and persuade women to change what she perceives as self-destructive behavior.

"A good part of what drives the fashion business is perceived obsolescence, but it can have a destructive impact on consumers," Mr. Sachs said.

Stifling energy development as a back door means of hastening the end to fossil fuel use or as some perceived means of influencing the climate is self-destructive and disingenuous.

Jealousy can be very powerful, and any perceived intimacy outside the relationship can be just as destructive.