It was thought by some members of Parliament to be a conciliatory measure that would reduce the oppressive nature of the then current tithe system.

The battle between letters seen in the Ionic treatise deploys language as a technology to fight the oppressive nature of the alphabet.

Their aim is to destabilize the state and make it "reveal" its true and oppressive nature.

Bocafloja's lyrics harshly critique the oppressive nature of capitalism and first world imperialism.

He had fled mainland China many years before because of the oppressive nature of the society.

I cannot find language to convey to the reader's mind an idea of the intense and oppressive nature of the heat that prevailed.

It also emphasized the oppressive nature of the Stalinist countries were homosexuals were repressed.

It is the only way, she declares, that the people will learn the oppressive nature of their Government.

The Chinese government sent in the military, a vital part of the state infrastructure, to end a protest of the oppressive nature of the regime.

Havel has written constantly about the oppressive nature of Communist bureaucracy.