8 sentences with 'environment'
Example sentences and phrases with the word environment and other words derived from it.
• « Chris had been kept in isolation in a sterile environment for two months to prepare him for surgery, and it was time for Dr. Epstein to show what could be accomplished with modern equipment, a lot of self-confidence and a lot of nerve. »
• « When drug use increased among students in the late 1960s, I moved from the bucolic environment of Penn State to New York University, with its new semi-urban facilities, in Buffalo. »
• « The surviving evidence seems to indicate that some combination of events, some caused by humans and some by the environment, probably combined to signify the end of the Bronze Age. »
• « The Assyrians were shaped by their environment. Their region in northern Mesopotamia, Ashur, had no natural borders, and therefore they needed a strong army to survive; they were constantly forced to fight against other civilised peoples from the west and south, and against barbarians from the north. »
• « Many emperors remained on the throne for only a few months before they were assassinated. Not surprisingly, in this environment, most emperors were only concerned with taking the throne or staying alive once they had it, meaning that they tended to neglect everything important to the stability of the Empire. »
• « In this relatively stable social and political environment, Italy also enjoyed an advantage over much of the rest of Europe: it was much more urbanised. »
• « How do humans learn, and how could government be designed to ensure the most conducive environment for learning and prosperity? »