Sentence examples for the perpetuity from inspiring English sources

"The gesture has been made, but gestures alone address the perpetuity of outcomes from intergenerational trauma," he said.

We believe nay, we know, that that is the only thing that has ever threatened the perpetuity of the Union itself.

The perpetuity of the Jewish people, according to Krochmal, is the result of their special relation to the Universal Spirit, who is the God of Israel.

In the case of the perpetuity, the undertaking is to pay a certain sum each year or other interval of time for the indefinite future.

The perpetuity bit is, of course, always a work in progress – though building an endowment of around £1bn is certainly a strong foundation for the future.

Lincoln, facing the coming civil war in 1861, mounted an impassioned and closely argued defence of the "perpetuity" of the union and the constitution against the Southern secessionists, in a speech that's still ablaze with life today.

In the mid-1990s, however, many states repealed the perpetuities rule, and now any wealthy American can set property aside for his heirs forever, simply by hiring a trustee from one of these states.

One issue is the duration of the recognition: in perpetuity, the original custom, or the increasingly common recent practice, for a fixed period of time, say 30 years.

Our objective (maximization of the present value of equity) also covers the residual value of the expected perpetuity of payouts.

Both of these aspects can be (additionally to the expected perpetuity of payouts) relevant while negotiating the selling price of the company after the investor's engagement.

And at the show's official opening on Thursday, the Chinese artist returned the favour, announcing he will gift the artwork in perpetuity to the NGV.