The phrase "a habitual practice of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a regular or repeated behavior or action that someone engages in over time.
Example: "Meditation has become a habitual practice of mine, helping me to manage stress and improve my focus."
Alternatives: "a regular habit of" or "a consistent routine of".
After hearing the testimonies of 35,000 political detainees, an official commission has concluded that torture was a habitual practice of the armed forces and police throughout the dictatorship.The evidence, of course, was always there.
However, for an incorporated pocketbook to exist, the taxpayer must establish that he had a "habitual practice of having his wholly owned corporation pay money to third parties on his behalf". As the Tax Court pointed out, the facts in Meruelo were a far cry from those in Yates and Culnen.
But as long as coal companies are allowed to maintain a habitual practice of violating mining safety laws and simply paying the fines--as production and profits increase--the President and our federal agencies will have failed our nation's coal miners and any sense of justice in the coalfields.
It is most important for all of New York's elected officials to work together and agree on a package rather than squabble among themselves over differing approaches -- a habitual practice in New York's political culture.
This chilliness is an extension of McEwan's habitual practice of damping down the sensational aspects of his imagined encounters by narrating them in a precise, thoughtful, unsensational way.
Lévy goes on to question how a chambermaid could have gone alone, "contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York's grand hotels of sending a 'cleaning brigade' of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet".
He wrote on The Daily Beast: "It would be nice to know — and without delay — how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York's grand hotels of sending a 'cleaning brigade' of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet".
I do not know — but, on the other hand, it would be nice to know, and without delay — how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York's grand hotels of sending a "cleaning brigade" of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet.
Levy: "I do not know -- but, on the other hand, it would be nice to know, and without delay -- how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York's grand hotels of sending a 'cleaning brigade' of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet".
The habitual practice of some actors – notably states – of holding information close to their chest and refusing to share it has to stop.
