Sentence examples for emphasis on tradition from inspiring English sources

Perhaps Augustus' emphasis on tradition affected more than political ideals and practice.

They hunger for the unwavering support, the dearth of distractions and the emphasis on tradition.

But the Dow puts more emphasis on tradition; GM was its second oldest component, having been in the average without a break since 1925.

For now, Paris and the existing Roland Garros stadium still look to be the slight favorites, considering the French emphasis on tradition and centralization, and the prohibitive cost of building elsewhere from scratch.

But for now he likes the Upper West Side, seeing its singles scene as a compromise of Orthodoxy's emphasis on tradition and family and the modern values of exploration and individual fulfillment.

Rabbi David Ellenson, the president of Hebrew Union College, which trains men and women for the Reform rabbinate, said an emphasis on tradition was important to people seeking spiritual foundations amid increasingly transient lives.

In the medieval classroom, for all its emphasis on tradition-bound hierarchy and order, a contrary force came into play, one that unleashed the charisma of talented individuals: the disputation, in which a respondent affirmed the thesis under discussion and an opponent attempted to refute it.

Given their traditions' emphasis on traditional family, for example, a conservative Catholic or evangelical Protestant could reasonably gravitate toward the study of family structure.

Having come back from the dead, Cremona's instrument-makers, like many others in Italian industries, hope that an emphasis on quality, tradition and craftsmanship will keep cheaper foreign rivals at bay.

With its updated recipes, high-style tableware and mid-20th-century-minimalist atmosphere, Österreicher im MAK certainly pushes its modern side, though it is impossible to overlook the understated emphasis on local tradition.

In fact, argues Peter Kreko of Political Capital, a Hungarian think-tank, beyond favourable treatment in Russian-sponsored media, many are attracted by Mr Putin's muscular assertion of national interests, his emphasis on Christian tradition, his opposition to homosexuality and the way he has brought vital economic sectors under state control.