Sentence examples for sacrificing elements from inspiring English sources

"If Afghan security organizations are able to use the most egregious methods to combat the insurgency in the name of greater security, then we are sacrificing elements of the rule of law and accountability that are at the heart of the success of the transition," one Western diplomat said.

If you find yourself sacrificing elements of your life--e.g., avoiding plans with friends in order to exercise a little more--then you may be working yourself too hard.

The addition of Pd as another sacrificing element triggers higher activity due to the synergistic effect between Pd and Pt.

"Unfortunately this means sacrificing many elements that are nutritionally more valuable".

Yet to do this, he has to sacrifice other elements: Drosselmeyer's deep magic and the miracle of the growing Christmas tree are given miserably short shrift.

In other words, while zouk succeeded in putting the French Antilles on the world music map, it sacrificed some elements of its "creole-ness" for the sake of such global accessibility.

I lost the weight and my hair came back and I am happy to say now that the process of losing -or in the case of makeup, sacrificing- these elements, I had the opportunity to greet beauty anew, much like a young lady does.

The heroic inclusiveness of the novels scales down less happily, as a refusal to streamline, to sacrifice one element for another.

Avoid noisy weapons if possible, a firearm is useful on occasion, but don't sacrifice the element of surprise if you don't have to.

In 2012, Kurtzman and Orci announced their intention to make a Dark Knight-style reboot of the vampire hunter Van Helsing that would be "really grounded in reality... without sacrificing the fantasy element," but little has been heard since.

Mr. Mubarak may still have a chance to steer his country on a stable path without sacrificing it to extremist elements.