Sentence examples for basis of tradition from inspiring English sources

However objectionable some might find it, there is an intellectually coherent position combining both advocacy of homosexual rights and a belief that marriage is, on the basis of tradition and definition, intrinsically a heterosexual institution.

They made such demands on the basis of tradition, rigid doctrines, and the authority of those who thought of themselves as firmly aligned with their father, Abraham.

Whereas the kings and queens of yesteryear lived and ruled on the basis of tradition, the bourgeoisie embodied a much more restless social system.

Decisions in medicine have often been made on the basis of tradition, power and influence.

10 The role of antibiotic treatment in acute uncomplicated appendicitis may have been overlooked mainly on the basis of tradition rather than evidence, considering that other intra-abdominal inflammatory processes such as colonic diverticulitis are primarily managed non-operatively.

It has been noted that "graphs are essential for effective communication in science;" [ 7] however, accepted data displays in health care research have been adopted largely on the basis of tradition rather than on the research of presentation methods [ 8].

But you don't have to believe in the factual basis of a tradition to use it artistically.

The northwestern style is thought to be older than the eastern, partly on the basis of oral tradition and partly because the "central-Polynesian" aspect of the eastern style suggests that it may have developed as a result of later immigration.

Fans who are detached by geography often pick teams on the basis of historical tradition and success, but inevitably they buy into those rivalries in exactly the same way as a fan who attends in person every week.

Like Augustine, he holds that the persons are distinguished by their relational properties, but he does this on the basis of church tradition, not because he finds anything impossible in the supposition that the persons are distinguished by absolute (non-relational) properties.

According to Protestant theologian Philip Schaff, "The Nicene fathers passed this canon not as introducing anything new, but merely as confirming an existing relation on the basis of church tradition; and that, with special reference to Alexandria, on account of the troubles existing there.