Sentence examples for By observance from inspiring English sources

Fasting over Christmas was replaced by observance of Ramadan.

The poll did not break down the Jewish community by observance level.

However the court said then that the transfer of suspects to National Directorate of Security (NDS) prisons in Kandahar and Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, should be allowed provided existing safeguards were "strengthened by observance of specified conditions".

The "way of the fathers," which leads to rebirth (samsara) and is characterized by observance of the traditional duties of sacrifice, charity, and the practice of austerities, came to be distinguished from the "way of the gods," which was a way of faith directed toward the goal of liberation (moksha) from rebirth.

However, the transfer of suspects to NDS facilities in Kandahar and Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, should be allowed provided existing safeguards are "strengthened by observance of specified conditions", they said, insisting that these safeguards must include the right of British monitors to get access to the detainees regularly.

Similarly, Socrates showed that Justice is not always realized by observance of the proprieties of truth-telling and faithfully returning a friend's property (Plato Republic 331c).

The life of the individual is punctuated by observances that mark the notable events of personal existence.

The appeal to cultural values and social norms for the maintenance of interstate as well as domestic order was predicated on a shared political vision, namely, that authority lies in universal kingship, heavily invested with ethical and religious power by the "mandate of heaven" (tianming), and that social solidarity is achieved not by legal constraint but by ritual observance.

So they are granted certain privileges, hallowed by long observance but ill-defined.

Personal worship, whether public or private, is often aided by the observance of disciplines and techniques that focus the attention of the worshipper upon the sacred or holy.

For the trading week, which was shortened by the observance of Martin Luther King's Birthday on Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 68.23 points, or 0.7percentto to 9,840.08.