Example sentences of "[prep] man 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geometry of a temple 's construction relates to the human body and incorporates the principles of man 's relationship to the universe , thus forming a bridge , a living connection between the cosmic forces and the terrestrial . |
| 2 | In terms of man 's relationship to nature the key idea here is that of dominion . |
| 3 | Wexford , who had been lyrical , felt positively pained by this evidence of man 's indifference to nature 's glories . |
| 4 | This was no better reflected than in his creation of A Distant Drummer with its horrific theme of man 's inhumanity to man , where ritual warlike movements were applied to the jack-booted soldiers of Nazi Germany . |
| 5 | There is a great deal of man 's inhumanity to man as evinced in the use of torture on political prisoners or the application of apartheid to other races . |
| 6 | Their failure was that , because of man 's inhumanity to his fellow beings , they did not fulfil their potential . |
| 7 | On 8 December , the former prime minister , Stanley Baldwin ( Lord Baldwin ) , had made a successful radio appeal on behalf of refugees , ‘ the victims … of an explosion of man 's inhumanity to man ’ . |
| 8 | Joffe 's pious vision of man 's inhumanity to man all comes together in Pauline Collins ' clinic : it squares off against the local mafia , saves lepers etc . |
| 9 | Even the deeds of valour , so proudly recorded , only added to her depression as she reminded herself that each was committed in response to yet one more example of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 10 | Although racial prejudice is a part of the theme of man 's inhumanity to man , there are also other points to support my view , the most significant being the plight of Boo Radley . |
| 11 | Although I feel that one theme in To Kill A Mocking Bird is racial prejudice , I feel that this idea broadens out to the main theme for the whole novel of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 12 | Examples which justify my view can be found in the section in which Tom Robinson is being tried , showing racial prejudice , Bob Ewell 's treatment of his children and Mr Radley 's treatment of Boo portraying other instances of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 13 | The spacious boulevards , lined with commercial kiosks , now boast Pizza Hut as well as McDonalds , gastronomic evidence of man 's inhumanity to overseas man . |
| 14 | Gertrude Hauser , superintendent of the dogs ' home , is accustomed to such examples of man 's inhumanity to dumb creatures . |
| 15 | Moral philosophy , then , deals not with man 's ability to ‘ represent ’ in perception , but with what Hobbes calls the ‘ motions of the mind ’ — desire , aversion , love , and benevolence . |
| 16 | The seven virtues put together the three theological virtues which arise from man 's relationship to God as his creator , and are the condition of all Christian action — faith , hope and charity — with the four classical virtues which relate to man as a social being : justice towards others , prudence in distinguishing good from evil in the world , fortitude in all circumstances , " whethir so betides " and temperance to achieve a balanced life-style to " lyff skillwisely [ with discretion ] als the lawe techis " . |
| 17 | Who better than a renegade aristocrat to revel in man 's proximity to animals — hence all those feline females and canine males . |
| 18 | The implications of these principles for man 's relation to nature are , in Tillich 's view , profound . |
| 19 | Tillich speaks further about the significance of agape when he refers to man 's relation to himself . |
| 20 | Reports come from Sudan , where the harshness of nature is compounded by man 's inhumanity to man — or rather to women and children ; and from Zimbabwe , where drought is putting many lives at risk , especially , as usual , those of young children . |