Sentence examples for acknowledged conventions from inspiring English sources

The most common sign for the appoggiatura was a small note indicating the precise pitch of the ornament but only implying by relative size its duration, which depended largely upon the context and was governed by broadly acknowledged conventions.

The club's admission of women, Jack Nicklaus reflected, acknowledged that conventions had changed and – as with the breaking of the race bar in 1990 when the first Afro-American member was admitted – it was no longer possible to maintain old traditions.

In a different vein, films began to appear that self-consciously acknowledged the conventions of classic film noir as historical archetypes to be revived, rejected, or reimagined.

As with the reformers, the Greens believe that democratic empowerment at home mandates a foreign policy that acknowledges prevailing conventions.

As those leaders departed for Williamsburg, the Conventions acknowledged Scott as temporary commander-in-chief of the volunteers already assembled there.

The USA has ratified the Geneva Conventions, acknowledged that Additional Protocol I is part of binding customary international law, and participated in the UN tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

The World Health Organisation [ 1] has advocated palliative care as being a public health issue: access to such care is acknowledged by United Nations conventions as a human right [ 2].

"Going the Distance," crisply directed by Nanette Burstein from a better-than-average script by the first-timer Geoff LaTulippe, acknowledges this convention and slyly subverts it.

I like to acknowledge the convention, and deliberately diverge to see what will happen," the self-described perfectionist notes.

Orff's presence at the gaping yet sympathetic old Music Hall acknowledged a Orff-method convention going on a few blocks away.

"Things weren't happening," Mr. Riordan, a Republican who worked to win the convention, acknowledged in a recent interview.