Sentence examples for simple virtue of from inspiring English sources
The show's big point, which has the simple virtue of being self-evident, is that Spanish art did not constantly reinvent itself over time.
Because, in addition to the simple virtue of getting bills right, smart meters have another advantage: they improve energy efficiency and cut bills.
It became fashionable to suggest that Jones was jinxed, his great performances of real people destined to be blotted out by inferior ones that had the simple virtue of coming first.
The thing can also effect genuinely useful change by simple virtue of its celebrity, and this embarrasses the powers that be, as in the Hackney housing story, so it will be really interesting to see what else happens.
I am, however, instructed to wear a reflective windcheater with the word POLICE on the back, and by simple virtue of donning it, I am no longer an ordinary citizen.
As one of his biographers put it, "The whole thrust of Prince's art can be understood in terms of a desire to escape the social identities thrust upon him by simple virtue of his being small, black, and male".
Against all the posturing, duplicity and empty ambition, he upholds simple virtues of fidelity, professional ethics and common-sense parenting.
To these easygoing surroundings Mr. Drake brings a high level of culinary sophistication and an appreciation for the simple virtues of fresh food.
"The general purpose of the whole," wrote Steele, "has been to recommend truth, innocence, honour, and virtue, as the chief ornaments of life"; and here, as in the later periodical, can be seen his strong ethical bent, his attachment to the simple virtues of friendship, frankness, and benevolence, his seriousness of approach tempered by the colloquial ease and lightness of his style.
Franklin L. Lavin, a former American ambassador to Singapore who is the chairman of the pavilion's steering committee, said the organizers stayed clear of messages about free speech or democratic institutions in favor of the simple virtues of civic-mindedness.
The simple virtues of remorse, patience, and gratitude can be overlooked in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and by paying attention to those three crucial phrases, we can better appreciate and enhance our family network.
