Sentences with phrase «often inhospitable»

Artist Alex Hartley has spent many years investigating dystopian architecture; creating habitats in often inhospitable landscapes.

She pondered the impressive achievement and adaptive competence of living creatures who preceded humans, begetting more diverse and complex forms over 3.5 billion years on a fiercely wild and often inhospitable planet.

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) not only pushes its patrons to the limits with its extended run of almost three weeks and the extensive number of features on offer, but with its lengthy queues, often inhospitable weather, aggressively uncomfortable seating at the Greater Union, and the interminable workout that is the Forum stairs.

Hops took to the dense, dry, and often inhospitable soil typical to the planet.

Not exact matches

Jane Jacobs knew that, without ordinary people, their ordinary loves, and their often - extraordinary faith, the public square is an inhospitable and even dangerous place.

When mainline churches proved inhospitable, «spirit - filled» believers often formed support networks within their traditions or drifted to independent charismatic and Pentecostal megachurches.

The Democratic clubs are also calling for more tailored services for LGBT seniors, who often find the climate of neighborhood senior centers inhospitable.

The result is often a depleted landscape inhospitable to other life.

When it comes to ocean conservation, this talent is exactly what is needed to connect the masses to what is too often (and wrongly) considered both an endless basket of sea food and an inhospitable desert for living things.

Hotels featured in movies are often characters in their own right — whether they are warm and welcoming or creepy and inhospitable.