Sentence examples for term an idea from inspiring English sources

But that would require parliamentarians to forgo one year of their term, an idea they do not like.

The situation for him is a two-term relation of perceiver and perceived; there is no third term, an "idea of" the object, coming between perceiver and perceived.

They still differ over whether European governments should write off some loans to Athens to make its debt sustainable in the long term, an idea that is politically explosive before a German general election in September.

Abraham said the idea that Channel 4's model was not sustainable in the long term, an idea that was pushed by predecessor Andy Duncan who claimed that a £100m-plus "funding gap" would emerge in the broadcaster's coffers at some point, was wide of the mark.

In this light, progressive realization may serve to permit almost any kind of health deprivations in the short term, an idea ostensibly at odds with the basic human rights imperative of protecting human life and dignity.

Put out by a committee headed by Tom A. Bernstein, co-owner of the Chelsea Piers sports complex on the Hudson River, the pamphlet outlines in general terms an idea that has been circulating for more than a year in civic and political circles.

But widespread use of the term lends credence to the idea that all of that is true—I mean, why would we have a term for an idea that's not real?

In making nominations to the Supreme Court, Presidents care about diversity, which is a relatively new term for an idea that is nearly as old as the Court itself.

Nor does an existing term for an idea or concept rule out the adoption of trendy new phrases: running amok and going berserk, for instance, did not preclude the introduction of "going postal" in the 1990's.

By Jeffrey Toobin In making nominations to the Supreme Court, Presidents care about diversity, which is a relatively new term for an idea that is nearly as old as the Court itself.

A churchgoing Syrian told me that he used to see himself primarily as "Syrian" and that religious identity, in political terms, was an idea that never occurred to him — until an opposition gang attacked his family earlier this year in Homs.