Example collocations logo

Forms in sentence

1857 examples of Forms in a sentence

Leaders wishing to mold a society around a new and different set of ideas, loyalties, and forms of behavior first need to destroy adults’ existing identities and prevent the transmission of these identities to children.
The Tragedy of the Climate CommonsPORTSMOUTH – By now, the danger from climate change and other forms of environmental degradation is so evident that it seems crazy to ignore it.
Such emissions can be eliminated by either shifting to renewable forms of energy or reducing the emissions from fossil fuels.
Just as the fax gave way to email and whale oil gave way to kerosene, so is coal giving way to cleaner forms of energy.
Accelerating Africa’s Energy TransitionPARIS – For much of Africa, the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy is seen as an environmental imperative.
The resulting revenue could then be invested into new forms of greener power.
The best way to accelerate the transition from hydrocarbons to greener forms of energy would be to redirect a portion of national oil subsidies to renewables.
Indeed, incorporating this principle into both fields could result in new diagnostic capabilities and new forms of individualized treatment, with a different therapy designed for each person.
Earlier this year, tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets to protest a government decree that would have decriminalized certain forms of corruption committed by public officials.
These mechanisms can take different forms, depending on the country.
The SDGs represent a quantum leap forward, because they recognize the vital links among challenges – including poverty in all its forms, gender inequality, climate change, and poor governance – that must be addressed in tandem.
A national government’s main job is to protect the social equilibrium that forms the backbone of democratic systems.
When a young Dutch writer, sympathetic to the new populist wave, expressed antipathy to his country’s “cultural elite,” for promoting “atonal music” and other arrogant forms of ugliness, instead of the wholesome beauty embraced by the common man, I wondered whether he knew about the Nazis’ attack on “degenerate art”?
Given that a non-renewable resource forms the basis of many plastic products – most of which will not last long – current plastics usage patterns are not sustainable.
Political dishonesty, it turns out, takes different forms.
Cynical forms of pragmatism take the lead, embodied in the principle that the end justifies the means whenever moral imperatives conflict with political interests.
Things are even worse in Palestinian towns farther afield, such as Hebron, where Israeli settlers often behave like Wild West gunslingers, flouting the laws of their own country as they drive away Palestinians by cutting down their trees, poisoning their livestock, and subjecting them to other forms of torment, including fatal shootings, which have gone unpunished.
In the former phase, academia generates new forms of social advantage and privilege, while in the latter phase, it eliminates them.
From the two billion adults who carry too much weight to the 159 million children with stunted growth, malnutrition takes many forms.
But West Africa also suffers from many other forms of malnutrition.
The United States lags behind Europe in getting rid of the worst forms of abuse of farm animals.
Most people acquire survival skills – if not more sophisticated forms of savoir-faire – informally, as a quick glance at the immigration experience in the United States demonstrates.
To change the organizational culture that has enabled harassment and other forms of abuse against women – a moral obligation, as well as a legal and economic imperative – newsroom managers must lead from the top.
Many people face different, simultaneous forms of discrimination, and the degree of exclusion they suffer is a result of the interaction among them.
Every day, we generate enormous amounts of information, a binary trail of breadcrumbs that forms a map of our interests, habits, and interactions.
Second, we need to shift to solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geothermal, and other forms of energy that are not based on fossil fuels.
As a result, poverty – in all forms – is a growing problem in many countries, even as the number of people living in poverty worldwide has declined.
Acknowledging the need to experiment and design new forms of economic organization must not mean abandoning fairness and compassion.
At the same time, the government has expanded other forms of social protections for workers, all while pursuing industrial policies geared toward boosting innovation and productivity growth, thus moving the country up the global value chain.
Such self-dealing takes many forms, including selling state-owned assets at below-market value to connected private parties and insider trading in the stock market.
BackNext