Sentence examples for By conventions from inspiring English sources

By conventions that are implicit rather than formal, the U.S. has traditionally selected the head of the World Bank, and the IMF.

Indifferent to work, adrift generally, she is either uncomfortable or bored by conventions of emotional sharing.

For the defenders, the play of the hand is governed by conventions known as carding agreements.

Hughes's art became more "modernistic," less bound by conventions, from around 1960 on.

The former is characterized by conventions that can help illuminate consumers' quests, not least their disturbing journeys through the underworld.

Socialist women's magazines were a genre of their own, informed by conventions of both fashion journals and political bulletins.

With the possible exception of the romantic comedy, no film genre is more strictly governed by conventions -- or enslaved by clich?

That is done by conventions -- first local county conventions and then the Iowa Republican State Convention, which will choose delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer.

Baby-boomer coming-of-age stories are about as rare as superhero movies or career-girl romantic comedies, and no less bound by conventions.

Proposed amendments must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in as many states, depending on the decision of Congress.

The passion in a work such as Eonta is not altogether human - it has the impersonal quality of a natural force, untrammelled by conventions of language or style.