Sentence examples for the very cornerstone from inspiring English sources

Rejection of liberal guilt is the very cornerstone of the Tory soul, the unofficial definition of Tory.

Rock 'n' roll is always built on shaky ground, and this is what makes it: the very cornerstone of rock 'n' roll is that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads.

The very cornerstone of justice is that those really responsible are held to account – that the rich and the powerful are as low in the face of the law as the most humble and weak.

In his blog, "The Gospel in the Digital Age," Dolan invokes not just God but Orwell, denouncing the "perilous presumption of the state" in reinventing the definition of marriage, which, he says, "has served as the very cornerstone of civilization and culture from the start".

Once we understand that the "system of thought" the cardinal is attacking is not some recently concocted ideology but the very cornerstone of modern biology and biomedicine, his contention that it "denies or seeks to explain away the overwhelming evidence for design in biology" sounds nonsensical, because it is.

In this stunning, elliptical play about a father's experiment with genetic engineering, this invaluable dramatist considers a threat to the very cornerstone of Western civilization since the Renaissance: the idea of human individuality, a subject she manages to probe in depth in a mere 62 minutes of spartan sentences and silences.

Insidiously, through small concessions that only mounted up over time, we have signed away rights and privileges that other generations fought for, undermining the very cornerstones of our personalities in the process.

Trusting Jay Carsey, or Jay Martin Adams, was for seven years a very cornerstone of her life.

"The very name Trump is the cornerstone of his brand," Oliver said.

Posh is at the very heart of mainstream viewing, a cornerstone of all TV schedules and a guaranteed seller abroad.

For these reasons, a good museum can be a real lifesaver, and in some cases, the very best can even be the cornerstone of an entire vacation.