Sentence examples for convention convention from inspiring English sources

President Obama once again will accept the Democratic presidential nomination from a football stadium to accommodate tens of thousands more supporters, and after a shorter-than-usual convention, convention planners announced on Tuesday.

If color in scientific illustration is often a matter of convention, convention rules in more common places, too; traffic lights, for example, blink yellow, a color that has no inherent connection to slowness or caution at all.

Sand River and Bloemfontein conventions, conventions of 1852 and 1854, respectively, between Great Britain and the Voortrekkers (Boers), who after 1835 had invaded the interior of Southern Africa north of the Orange River as part of the Great Trek.

Conventions, conventions, conventions.

Just which convention or conventions are the authors talking about?

He examines the very convention of conventions, predicting ultimate defeat for any iconoclast who would defy them.

Not that Chicago is turning its back on the convention business or large convention hotels.

There are state conventions, and a general convention is held annually.

We respect international laws and conventions, notably the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners.

Although that was only a convention, he said, conventions must be followed.

That saw the signing of the Climate Change Convention, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Agenda 21 document.