Sentence examples for customs against from inspiring English sources

The battles -- often pitting Indians determined to preserve traditional customs against those who want change -- have blazed on for 30 years, dividing fathers from their sons, turning violent, and leaving hundreds dead and at least 30,000 displaced in Chiapas alone.

Some modern historians see him mainly as a champion of Roman customs against the customs of the British and Irish churches, others as an advocate for monasticism.

A liquidation petition was placed by HM Revenue and Customs against Plane Food, Maze, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and The Narrow.

That would be against our custom, against our way of doing things".

Though the killings violated a traditional custom against harming women, the men seemed to be troubled more by the deaths of the journalists and the bystanders.

In the 1975 referendum, the left case against the then common market was that it was a cold war customs union against the developing world that would block socialist reforms.

In China, counterfeiters can still get away with a $1,000 fine, which even there provides little deterrence.In Europe, the European Commission is working on new regulations to beef up customs action against counterfeits.

He has launched extortion proceedings with the tax and customs office against 17 local Roma.

Corporate executives take note: In coming decades, the majority of global population growth will occur in countries where gender disparities are greatest and where conservative traditions and customs work against women's rights.

Expect no pressure from fellow Asians regional custom militates against telling tyrants that they stink.Yet Mr Karimov and others seem fundamentally to misunderstand the Korean model.

Whiplash-esque jazz afficionados can mix and match within these; playing say, a maple custom tom against a hard rock, twin-kick pedal.