Example sentences of "quo [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any grant of papal support or protection , as Alexander II 's support of William the Conqueror 's invasion of England in 1066 , was likely to lead to a request for a quid pro quo or a reminder of a payment due . |
| 2 | The mobilizing style has a greater appeal when there is dissatisfaction with the status quo and a feeling that new policies are required . |
| 3 | The head teacher and the school board wish to retain the status quo and the Village Association also desires the retention of the nursery in its present location . |
| 4 | It suggests not only that prevailing approaches to the subject involve the selection and presentation of knowledge which legitimates the status quo and the omission of that which might challenge it , but also that the very organisation of the curriculum into discrete units militates against the asking of the sorts of questions that might indicate that the world could be different . |
| 5 | ‘ Both pitched themselves as being about change , the future rather than the status quo and the past , ’ says Dr King . |
| 6 | Punishing people for disobeying the existing laws — which maintain the status quo and the position of the ruling class — functions to reinforce the power and privilege of that class . |
| 7 | The goals of this association , like former SEATO and CENTO goals , include the maintenance of the existing political status quo and the containment of Communism . |
| 8 | As teachers , we need to be aware of the extent to which inequalities are enshrined within the status quo and the fact that many of the students with whom we work are the products of an unequal social system . |
| 9 | Franco 's own forces were similarly , if less virulently , shot through with internal rivalries and disagreements ; but if confronted with a choice between the status quo and the risk of " the reds " returning , they would all opt for the former . |
| 10 | The generous financial rewards paid in salaries and extras to Fund staff , combined with a lack of accountability , have produced a ‘ honeypot ’ mentality ; a preoccupation with material gratification and a lust for power which has stimulated personal greed and ambition , commitment to the status quo and an environment of ‘ yesmanship and stultifying conformity ’ . |