Sentence examples for conformity to a from inspiring English sources

Provided that conformity to a norm attracts approval and transgression disapproval, conforming is the rational thing to do, since nobody willfully attracts discredit and punishment (Rommetveit 1955, Thibaut and Kelley 1959).

Most Islamists, however, insist on conformity to a code of conduct based on a literal interpretation of sacred scripture.

In some ways, it makes evolutionary sense for social groups to have ways to enforce conformity to a set of valued norms (think honesty, respect for others, fairness).

In other words, though Chaplin himself describes his quest for "perfection," it was a perfection of results, not of conformity to a preconceived schema.

[INAUDIBLE] we made [INAUDIBLE] similarity enough by the low-level stuff because that's everywhere, and not by exact conformity to a particular plot line because that's nowhere.

Writing beautiful melodies in a traditional idiom was reproachable, and in Khachaturian's case, it seemed to be a special mark of conformity to a "Soviet style".

The temperature-dependence of the diffusion coefficients gave good conformity to an Arrhenius-type relation.

Companies that can demonstrate conformity to an internationally-accepted anti-bribery standard may more easily attract business partners and investors who expect greater financial transparency and disclosure of activities to determine bribery risks.

Designed by Eliel Saarinen's son Eero, the General Motors Technical Center (1948 56) at Warren, Michigan, was compared with Versailles in its extent, grandeur, and rigorous conformity to an austere, geometric aesthetic of Miesian forms.

We cannot know what Adam Smith would make of this conclusion, but we can be sure that he would tell his admirers, all of them, that this test, and not the conformity to an abstract idea, is one on which the election should turn.

It's both hyper-vigilant and thoroughly prescriptive, an active process of enforcing conformity to an identity ideal – "this is what a 'true Muslim' or 'true Christian' does"; "this is what being British is" – rather than finding those supposedly inherent traits in the flesh.