Sentence examples for customary restraints from inspiring English sources

The old examination system, which admitted to the civil service only men with a proper knowledge of Confucian philosophy, had lapsed, and customary restraints on absolutism and arbitrary rule, such as would have been imposed by the censorate (a body that scrutinized the conduct of officials) and a professional public service, were lacking.

More generally, the Court signaled that the old customary restraints on election spending no longer applied.

"He's playing the American public for suckers," Mr. Romney said, breaking from his customary restraint.

You've been caught dallying with the former New Alliance Party, described by Christopher Hitchens, with his customary restraint, as a "zombie cult".

American rightwing commentator Rush Limbaugh has reacted to the rumour that British actor Idris Elba may be the next James Bond with his customary restraint and erudition.

(Leventer tells me later that the prosecutor's customary restraint is what makes him one of the best around: "He understands that kids have to be treated as kids").

Many different cultures set aside a holiday period in which customary social restraints are abandoned, distinctions of rank and status are turned upside down, and institutions normally sacrosanct are subjected to ridicule, mockery, burlesque.

"Like," Mr. Blier says, "why applaud here and not there?" Confusing, no? Traditionalists can find themselves so outnumbered that any display of rhapsodic involvement with the music, or even the long customary show of restraint, feels artificial or priggish, not to mention drowned out.

It has become customary to rely on the use of two techniques to solve such issues: Restraints: by having a non-zero second term in equation (1) – with the use of appropriate weighting of the restraints – the minimization is gently pushed towards giving a chemically sensible and hopefully correct structure.

Fifth, the disruption of established organizations and customary behaviour does not lead primarily to innovation and the exercise of freedom from old restraints.

This is customary".