Sentence examples for the very ethos from inspiring English sources

But in firehouses, they were seen as cancers, men whose individualism threatened the very ethos of a successful firefighting operation, which, to firefighters, is itself a covenant.

"You put the Marine back into a team environment where he is competing with other Marines in a very demanding atmosphere, and what you get is the very ethos and camaraderie that makes a Marine a Marine," Mayer said.

Policy-wise, the government may be hamstrung by the European Union, yet without any trappings of public accountability or responsiveness the very ethos of the democratic state comes into question.

It is ambitious because of the very ethos of a magazine run by a collective that accepted work from thousands of contributors – mainly women but also men – during its 21 years.

This is undermining the very ethos and relationships of mutual trust and openness that are fundamental to education and our public services while endangering other legal rights and protections.

The project has been time-consuming, not least because of the very ethos of a publication which was run by a collective and accepted work from thousands of contributors.

Seoul falls into this very ethos of imagining the future, and my hunch is that the exciting things being built there will have a broader appeal towards making the world a better, more interesting place.

Critics assailed the Compass for its plasticky interior, anemic powertrain and design affectations; the too-cute styling and car-based unibody construction seemed a rejection of the brand's very ethos.

As a human being, and admittedly the kind of human being I am, I feel very offended that Rick Warren should be asked to speak at the inauguration of a president whose very ethos enshrines the qualities of respect and equality.

In reality, discriminatory practises undermine and contradict the very Christian ethos they are supposed to protect.

It was a reflexive siding with government authority and power, the very opposite ethos of what journalism is supposed to be about".