Sentence examples for age-old institution from inspiring English sources

This is a redefinition of an age-old institution.' " Justice Elena Kagan said there was something else at work.

In an interview with the Guardian, François Crépeau, UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, said: "We shouldn't touch the Geneva convention … The refugee convention is the embodiment of an age-old institution.

And so here on Plaza Street, four people are testing the fuzzy boundaries of an age-old institution, knowing there is no single answer to what defines family or what defines love.

Any other view might undermine "an age-old institution, valued and valuable, respectable and respected, as a means not only of encouraging monogamy but also the procreation of children... ......, the judge said.Paradoxically, similar language is now being used by gay-marriage advocates.

It is about the definition of a very specific, traditional, and age-old institution," he said.

Stoops and Esman say flying a sign is not so much a trend as much as it is the new face of an age-old institution: begging.

Protected by mountains and dense forests, this part of India has managed to preserve many of its age-old institutions and customs.

That wisdom fills the gaps in our own reason, as age-old institutions implicitly contain more wisdom than any individual could have.

By what right do they demand a ban on khaps, simply because some members have undemocratic views?" She said that most "educated elite" in India don't know anything about the vital role played by these "age-old institutions of self-governance".

Broadway is one of New York City's age-old institutions that's changed very little over the years.

The Gentleman's Game is an age old institution.