5 sentences with 'disregard'
Example sentences and phrases with the word disregard and other words derived from it.
• « Many of the countries seeking independence were primarily products of imperialism - the 'national' borders of states such as Iraq, Ghana and Rwanda had been arbitrarily created by imperial powers decades earlier with total disregard for the religious and ethnic differences of the peoples living within the borders. »
• « The French response was brutal. French troops, many of them fresh from defeat in Indochina, responded to the Algerian National Liberation Front with total disregard for human rights, the lawful conduct of soldiers in relation to civilians, or concern for the guilt or innocence of those suspected of supporting the rebellion. »
• « From the outset, the federal Rosas showed himself ready to exercise the government in a total manner and with absolute disregard for those who were Unitarians or even lukewarm federalists. Judges, administrative officials and military chiefs were replaced, while the ecclesiastical authority was asked to take the same measure among parish priests who had shown sympathy for the Unitarians. »
• « Authoritarian regimes are considered to be those that value command and disregard consensus and agreement among members of society. In such cases, power is concentrated in one man, or in one body, and representative institutions that allow for direct or indirect participation by members of society are suppressed or ignored. »
• « Evasion and disregard for the law were widespread in almost all the colonies, but the issue was especially contentious in New York, the home of the British forces. »