‘These are sombre thoughts for anyone interested in current political thought.’
‘How many of the active political bloggers on the graph are Libertarians?’
‘Churchill's active political life began when Queen Victoria still reigned.’
‘So, basically it's time for a lazy suburban armchair political theorist to get active.’
‘What famous political leader, active now or in history, is an inspiration to you?’
‘Of course his active political life was over quite a time ago, but we have always been very good friends.’
‘He's been in the public eye for decades and active in politics and political circles for years.’
‘He supported Mussolini's rise to power, but retired from active political life in 1925.’
‘None of them appears to be any more political than before, in fact some seemed less interested.’
‘The need for Canadians to eat better and be more active is the current hot topic in both media and political circles.’
‘Young people in urban China, especially in Shanghai, have shown little political concern.’
‘Our generation at least had had political heroes who motivated us even though they were finally shown to have feet of clay.’
‘The concern of the political class has been to prevent these attacks from spreading to targets of more, ah, general interest.’
‘By the middle of the nineteenth century political thinking was concerned with issues to which the Republic seemed relevant.’
‘This group is seen as a criminal gang rather than a political group.’
‘One could take any organization, political, religious or whatever.’
‘We should not give a government of the future the ability to exercise massive power against its political rivals.’
‘Tell them to start a political hip-hop organization and get money out of their school.’
‘He is better known as a political leader rather than a social reformer.’
‘Do you think that there is some secret political organization behind me?’
1.3Motivated or caused by a person's beliefs or actions concerning politics.
‘a political crime’
‘Scotland's rebel MSPTommy Sheridan faces a second prison sentence for standing up for his political beliefs.’
‘Her political beliefs had been bolstered by her religious faith and she saw the emergence of a democratic society as a proper salvation.’
‘One can never know precisely how personal experience motivates political values.’
‘I wanted to create a space for new generations to voice their political and spiritual concerns, to excite and incite each other.’
‘We are told to trust un-elected technocrats, that political or popular concerns are invalid.’
‘The political inquest mostly concerns what can be done to prevent known trouble-makers from travelling abroad.’
‘I have political beliefs that not everybody agrees with, and they are entitled to disagree because that is democracy.’
‘That also explains why he's gone to America, a much bigger media market and an area more closely in tune with his political beliefs.’
‘Membership was open to all Jewish workers regardless of political beliefs.’
‘This makes me wonder whether people choose their political beliefs for their cultural meanings too.’
‘However, it was purely an intellectual exercise and not necessarily my own political beliefs.’
‘Singer notes well the various analogies between mutation and more prosaic political and cultural concerns.’
‘These people need space to express their political and social concerns.’
‘And the presenters, too, are proud to wear their political beliefs on their sleeves.’
‘However, there has been some political concern recently over the cost of mobile phone calls in Ireland.’
‘Today's exam system is motivated by political targets and explicitly therapeutic goals.’
‘Many closed trials which give rise to concern are those of a military or revolutionary nature when political crimes are discussed.’
‘In contrast, the concern of the political movements was the changing of society.’
‘That meeting ended without any conclusion, but it did not allay concerns about political pressure.’
‘There are clearly several levels of political concerns that need to be considered in interpreting these tales.’
1.4derogatory Relating to, affecting, or acting according to the interests of status or authority within an organization rather than matters of principle.
‘Let's hope such a review, if it happens, follows sound educational principles rather than political ones.’
‘Planning committees are required to decide planning matters in a judicial way rather than on political considerations.’
‘By supporting the status quo they have put political expediency before the interests of our children.’
‘It raises many issues: power play, political choices and how far one should go for one's ideals?’
‘The outcome was a caricature of Western knowledge of the Orient, driven by an overtly political agenda.’
‘By being political in nature, it is about a form of violent negotiation.’
‘"I don't want to make it too political," she says.’
‘Their aim at all times is non political.’
‘They realise that we are non political, non sectarian and are just a group who want to help.’
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