Sentence examples for saw civilisation from inspiring English sources

Dystopian futures were rife (and occasionally prescient – Jinty's Fran of the Floods saw civilisation "almost brought to an end by gigantic floods and freak weather", while Land of No Tears showed a world where the disabled were treated as second-class citizens).

When Patrick and I crossed into Syria from Turkey, we saw civilisation begin to fray.

After driving for 10 minutes we see civilisation and realise the entire village has come out to greet us.

Economic growth, technology and the magic of human adaptation through tried and tested market mechanisms will see civilisation through what is already an over-hyped crisis.

More specifically, if we see civilisation as a shared, global value, one that has arisen independently in many different places, we can also be clearer about what stymies it.

The formative experience of war and sudden social collapse not only shaped his obsessive imagination – his short stories and novels famously teem with images of abandoned airports, deserted hotels and drained swimming pools – it shaped how he saw human civilisation itself.

"But you cannot just see European civilisation from that point of view".

"I was pleased to be able to see my final project, Civilisations, through a period of development to the point where it is about to begin filming.

China has existed within very roughly its present borders for over two millennia and for virtually the whole of that period saw itself as a "civilisation state".

Indeed, Mr Overy sets out to show that it was a uniquely gloomy and fearful era, a morbid age that saw the future of civilisation in terms of disease, decay and death.The author concentrates on Britain.

Four prospective employees saw the end of civilisation flash before their eyes, all in the name of demonstrating to the general public the ultra-realistic nature of the picture and sound quality of the 84-inch Ultra HD LG TV.