Sentence examples for promote decency from inspiring English sources

Of course, a few brands of bad manners -- spitting, smoking, lying across the seats, throwing rocks, carrying a sword -- were eventually criminalized, but shame and gentle persuasion have more often been the tools used to promote decency and good hygiene underground.

Will corporate sponsors find themselves on the side of Spielberg and the Nobel laureates, or on the side of China, which, arguably, has not made good on any of its promises to promote decency, peace or human rights?

A law was passed in 671 which attempted to force women to wear hats with veils again in order to promote decency, but these laws were ignored as some women started wearing caps and even no hats at all, as well as men's riding clothes and boots, and tight-sleeved bodices.

The issue over sexually suggestive ads has heated up in the last months, with the American Civil Liberties Union weighing in favor of the First Amendment and anti-Sin-City activists promoting "decency in advertising" with more child-friendly billboards.

Cultural maturity and social acceptance previously entailed filters that promoted accuracy, integrity, decency, and good taste.

I believe it has a role to play in promoting widespread human decency, equity, and reason.

In Approaching Death, the Institute of Medicine[ 3] identified key patient needs such as fears of abandonment and protracted death, and need for reliable, respectful care and advance care planning that promotes "norms of decency".

Yet the protagonists follow arcs of self-improvement, and the movies promote themes of equality and decency.

Supporters of the American Family Association, a conservative non-profit organization whose mission is to "promote the Biblical ethic of decency in American society," are not going be Googling much.

Mr Farage also said Britons need to actively promote "those institutions and aspects of our society, like equality, decency, tolerance and the rule of law which are the bedrock of our civilisation".

The chief downside of the Federal Communication Commission's decency standards for the networks may be that they promote the spread of grating expressions that serve as substitutes for profanity.