Sentence examples similar to digression from prevailing customs from inspiring English sources

The lords also decided, in accordance with prevailing custom, how the farmwork should be organized.

In 1852 Zeng Guofan's mother died, and, in accordance with prevailing custom, he asked permission to observe the three-year mourning period at home.

As per prevailing custom, he had several wives in addition to Mandodari.

Evergreens provide a wind break from prevailing winds.

Make sure there is a shelter from prevailing weather.

Aside from their being founded by pairs, all were built on fresh ideas that shook the prevailing customs.

Only when the goods are moved to consumers within the country in which the zone is located do they become subject to the prevailing customs duties.

And since some of those locally prevailing customs may require helping others, some of the ultimate desires produced by that psychological mechanism might well be psychologically altruistic.

By most prevailing custom, anytime someone lights off a nuke that large on the downtown waterfront, one can assume that the surrounding city has been pretty much destroyed.

Nowadays the prevailing custom is to wear them only during the weekday morning service, although some individuals wear them at other times during the day as well.

He did not take her as his mistress, as was the prevailing custom with priests for whom celibacy was too rigorous.