Sentence examples for pillar of power from inspiring English sources

The monarchy is a striking example of a traditional pillar of power that, faced with occasionally formidable threats, has had to adapt to survive.

The other more compelling argument is that we live in a society where men dominate every pillar of power, from parliament to the economy to the media.

Renewable energies are a key pillar of power sector decarbonisation.

She is leaning heavily on that traditional pillar of power in the Democratic Party as she seeks another victory in the state where she won two U.S. Senate races and the 2008 presidential primary.

It is quite something when the "cabinet of millionaires" is one of the less unrepresentative pillars of power, with 36% hailing from private schools.

The targets of a bombing campaign would be the specific pillars of power holding up Iraq's government, like leadership headquarters and Mr. Hussein's sprawling presidential compounds.

As waves of troops marched north, allied warplanes and cruise missiles bombarded Baghdad, striking Mr. Hussein's palaces, military and Baath Party headquarters and other pillars of power that supported the government.

The job of a writer, especially in a postwar West Germany wrapped in wilful amnesia and silence, was to keep drumming, drumming, drumming: "pissing on the pillars of power, sawing away at the throne", and hauling painful memories to the surface again.

The American military is training furiously and polishing a plan for attacking Baghdad that calls for isolating the city and then taking control of it by seizing or destroying Saddam Hussein's pillars of power -- but avoiding house-to-house combat in its hostile streets.

The 14-day air war in Iraq now has three broad goals: kill as many tanks and soldiers as possible, destroy the weaponry and communications systems that Iraqi security and paramilitary forces in Baghdad rely on, and attack the Hussein government's remaining pillars of power in the city.

Pasolini's masterstroke was to set Sade's 18th century tale in fascist Italy during WWII, so that the horrible acts are tied to unbridled political power, something specific, rather than the random pillars of power in Sade's version.