Sentences with phrase «very civilized»

The Adirondack region is both astonishingly wild and rustic, while at the same time very civilized and elegant.

All in all, it was a very civilized riot, and a great learning experience for everyone involved, that would prove to be just the beginning of a very productive relationship between Carswell and CALL.

Wisconsin used to be a very civilized place.

All very civilized without any name calling.

It's all very civilized, and yes, quite admirable.

Oh, and pee in a urinal, which for Duke, is a very civilized thing to do.

It was all very civilized so taking a tea of scones and jam served on a white linen table cloth seems the right thing to do.

Dogs, handlers, and a judge gathered outdoors in Roosevelt Park at the very civilized hour of 10 am to 6 pm.

It was all very civilized.

In time, the trolls enjoy a very civilized tea with Timothy, and Tabitha is back bouncing on the sofa with her parents.

Despite its sporty coupe looks the Audi A5 is very civilized and refined to drive.

Lots of customers want all of the design drama and power of a sports sedan (which the M37 definitely has) with a very civilized, comfort - centered chassis setup.

The suspension system - short / long arm with coil springs up front and a solid axle in the rear - makes for a very civilized ride.

Up front, two comfortable bucket seats with armrests on both sides punctuate a very civilized and user - friendly interior.

However, the ride is very civilized for a sports car.

It is thoroughly modern and very civilized without any flash.

In city driving the Tahoe is very civilized.

Even with the off - road tires found on the Pro-4X, the Titan is very civilized on the highway.

The electromechanical parking brake is also a push - button affair, making for a very civilized feel from behind the wheel.

The clutch is a little heavy for my taste, but it's still a very civilized car in which to run your daily routine.

In town it is very civilized and easy to park.

It, too, is a new generation, rethought and revitalized and very civilized, sharing much of its DNA with the Chevrolet Silverado.

Not only does Paddington accidentally dye his fellow prisoners» uniforms a cheerful shade of pink when he's on laundry duty (a sight King frames with precise symmetry), he also charms the meanest guy in the joint — prison cook Knuckles McGinty (Brendan Gleeson)-- by introducing him to his favorite food, the very civilized marmalade.

The bride is white, the groom is black and the wedding party is oh so very civilized.

«Everything is done in a very civilized and discreet way,» he said.

-LCB- I don't think their is anything better than an afternoon drink on the joggling board -RCB--LCB- Very civilized cocktail hour on the front porch -RCB- Bella thoroughly enjoyed escaping the city and getting to be a country dog for the weekend.

«The fight against corruption is selective, most of them media orchestrated; we are prepared to join hands with the government to fight corruption but it must be done in a very civilized way.

The flights were very civilized, with decent leg room, friendly attendants and even the option of a baby meal (which we hadn't requested in advance).

On Friday Gazidis attended the annual meeting with Supporters groups and it seemed to have been very civilized....

Very civilized.

Chris Dierkes at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen has a thoughtful post up contesting Sir Edward Downes» son's description of his parents» decision to undergo voluntary euthanization as «a very civilized act».

But it would be that very civilized tradition that would uphold British honor in the end, allowing the public to hear Benedict's elegant voice.

What a shame, claiming to be very civilized and then using street thug ism and then outright terrorism.

Not exact matches

But it's a very s — civilized conversation.

As Pete reports, the statesman Gates explains that Congress (where both parties are very well organized) really wasn't good enough for him or any decent and civilized person.

Unfortunately, the very development of human compassion which serves to mark the Europeans as more civilized also works against the principle of survival of the fittest.

I think not as I look at the evolution of civilized man seems to follow a very consistant pattern of constant impovement at some level.

Pixley charges Whitehead's thought with three things: (1) that it is «at the very least... open to appropriation for counterrevolutionary purposes;» (2) that «Justice shines by its absence» from Whitehead's list of five cultural aims as the measure of civilized life; and (3) that Whitehead's philosophy contains within it latent counterrevolutionary tendencies.»

Yet, in the less spectacular cases that take place under more normal circumstances, the equivalent selfishness, acting in one's own interest, no matter what damage is done in the process to the other, is considered somehow acceptable in our so very «civilized» culture.

If some very intelligent civilized beings from somewhere else were to come here can you imagine what they must think.

I have been speaking as if primitive man, civilized man, and axial man each constituted a single type, recognizing that they shaded off into each other; but we must also recognize that the variations among groups and individuals belonging to each are very great.

The first is the realization that at the very moment in which the technical means of developing world community are available and at the very moment when more people than ever are convinced that world community is essential if civilized life is to continue in the world, the division between two parts of the world has become so deep that we can not now see any way in which it can be overcome.

Consequently, a civilized society is but one further instantiation, among a myriad of such instances, of the ultimate creativity which underlies the very process of the world — it is the realization in human social experience of the inherent principle of «creativity - one - many» at work in all things.

Trying to deny that now smacks of arrogant children, dismissing and disrespecting the very belief system that is responsible for our prosperous and civilized society.

What really makes people show disrespectful and not used to civilized / scholarly discussion is when they go into news forums talking about the catholic faith, christianity, judaism etc. and start insulting with a very proud and selfish tone, and in obvious bad faith.

It's destroying the very fabric of a moral and civilized society.

As Martin Malia argued in a series of profound books, culminating in his 1999 Russia Under Western Eyes, there was nothing distinctively Russian about this nihilistic assault on the very pediments of civilized order.

That is the only people we can not have because they threaten to destroy the very fabric of what we are attempting to create, a more civilized society for all.

The contrast between Trilling's «first» and «second» environment, between moral seriousness (Matthew Arnold) and non-moral vitality (D. H. Lawrence), is very close to Boulding's distinction between civilized and post-civilized.

And has Alhaji Banda ever afforded himself the time and opportunity to critically analyze and examine why, for instance, the distinguished and immortalized Mr. B. J. «Joe» da Rocha woefully failed in his yeomanly and very mature and civilized attempt to prevent Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, former President John Agyekum - Kufuor's widely alleged favorite presidential candidate, from very publicly and undiplomatically deserting the New Patriotic Party in 2008, with only some 4 months before that historic year's general election?