Sentence examples for customary that from inspiring English sources

To the Editor: On an eight-hour flight from Honolulu to Chicago, American Airlines served two meals (customary) that were anything but adequate.

When I explained to another that it was customary that the bride and groom touch the priest's and parents feet after the ceremony, she commented that it sounded like a demeaning ritual and asked if it was really necessary.

Montaigne's friendship with La Boétie helped convince him that religious belief is purely customary — that what we believe is what we are told to believe, but that our beliefs are still a duty to our social hierarchy.

It is customary that the clients are treated to a meal, and a feast of autumn vegetables and mushrooms had been prepared for grilling in the fire pit that formed the centre of the sit-down table.

It is customary that the members of the government attend the official mass in the main church of Belgrade on this day, but as the Patriarchate suspended the Orthodox Cabinet Ministers and those Deputies who voted for the Concordat from the rites of the Church it was not easy to find a compromise between tradition and the political tensions of the moment.

Offline it's customary that brokers will spot this, notify the investor and ask them how they want to proceed.

As was customary at that time, she worked alongside the family to earn her board.

Although hearings had occurred irregularly in the past, it was not customary at that time to have a hearing on a nominee.

Strangely enough, MetroPCS shares didn't immediately receive the customary rise that accompanies speculation that another suitor may emerge.

"One could refer to it as a quaint customary action that is meant to illustrate that it's my property, not yours," he said.

This was more than the Humean observation that utility is embedded in customary rules that have evolved over time.