Sentence examples for customs upon from inspiring English sources

Apart from this, the Manchu made no attempt to impose their manners and customs upon the Chinese.

The mutual distrust shown in the time of Photius erupted again in the middle of the 11th century after papal enforcement of Latin customs upon Greeks in southern Italy.

The teachers and overseers were carefully trained to impress Turkish ideas and customs upon the lives of the children and to catechize [sic] them regularly on... the prestige of the Turkish race".

If you enter the United States with more than $100,000 or equivalent in foreign currency, you will have to report to customs upon arrival.

This change follows the considerable media attention given to Billy Caldwell a 12-year-old boy suffering from life-threatening epileptic seizures who wasn't allowed past customs upon attempting to enter Heathrow Airport with cannabis oil, which he uses as medication earlier this year, which propelled the medicinal benefits of cannabis into public consciousness.

Borrowing from Gyekye [ 5], Nzegwu [ 6] notes the politics of customs (upon which 'indigenous' phenomena are based), contextualizing this politics while observing that "there is nothing static or stable about traditions and customs", rather, "the root of the problem lies in the way that present generations have chosen to preserve their customs or traditions" ([ 6]. p139).

Another tweet from Aldrin showed that all the astronauts on Apollo 11 had to sign a customs form upon their return to Earth from the moon.

Pippin III was faithful to ancient customs, and upon his death in 768 his kingdom was divided between his two sons, Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman.

When Mr. Garrison's charity was found to be bogus, the case was investigated further and the Customs Service discovered that Mr. Garrison had never declared any icons to customs authorities upon returning from Russia to the United States in the early 1990's.

Being commanded strikes me as a succinct way of saying 'being born into the world.' Being commanded means that customs come upon us from the outside, like the language that we learn from our parents, and from the inside, like the still small voice of conscience.

There is much less emphasis on partying, drinking and nonsensical speeches and toasts, and more focus on the union of the two families, and religious customs depending upon whether the event is Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Buddhist or other faiths.