Sentence examples for a customary condition from inspiring English sources

For instance, to insist that depictions of women as nurses, elementary-school teachers, clerks, secretaries, tellers and librarians perpetuate demeaning stereotypes is to minimize "the barriers that women faced," and to pretend "that the gender equality of the late 20th and early 21st centuries was a customary condition in the past".

Trials were disappointing, it was not possible to get the bomb to adhere to any surface that was wet or covered with even the thinnest film of dried mud "a customary condition of tanks" as Major-General Ismay, on 27 June, could not resist pointing out.

A spokesman for Chris Bowen, the immigration minister, wrote in an e-mail, on customary condition of anonymity, that "there are a large number of people from Iran in our immigration detention centers, and the overwhelming majority of them are well-behaved".

A senior security official, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity, gave a different version of events.

"They cited a legal issue that had arisen, and that's it," said a diplomat, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity.

"Since then, we have been working closely with the Turkish authorities who are providing great assistance and support to our investigation," a police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity.

A military official, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity, called it "Indian propaganda" to divert attention from a clash on Sunday in which a Pakistani soldier died.

The European Union strongly favored a Swiss candidate, Walter Fust, a European diplomat said, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity.

"We fired to warn them," said a Defense Ministry spokesman, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity.

"We saw this as an opportunity to achieve ultimately the closure of Guantánamo," a British official said, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity.

A spokeswoman for British Airways, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity, said that the matter had not been discussed with Iberia or American before Tuesday's announcement.