6 sentences with 'whereas'
Example sentences and phrases with the word whereas and other words derived from it.
• « The eye is a passive sensor, whereas the echolocator is an active one. The light of our vision is borrowed energy, provided by the sun or other light sources, while the hunting bat "illuminates" its course with a beam of ultrasonic sparks or howls of its own making. »
• « For Plato, ideas (which he called "forms") were more "real" than real objects. The idea of a table, for example, is fixed, permanent and invulnerable, whereas 'real' tables are fragile, defective and impermanent. »
• « Thus, whereas early Christianity had been a religion of the common people, Roman elites flocked to convert after Constantine did so in order to stay in the emperor's good graces. »
• « elsewhere in Europe the noble identity was still very much associated with war, whereas the popoli grossi of Italy wanted to show both their mastery of arms and their mastery of thought (along with their good taste). »
• « Thus, the English state grew very rapidly, whereas it had been its small size and the intransigence of previous generations of MPs to levy taxes that had been behind the conflicts between king and parliament for most of the 17th century. »
• « Cruelty, selfishness and destructive behaviour, according to Locke, were due to lack of education and poor environment, whereas proper education would lead each and everyone to become rational and reasonable individuals. »