Sentence examples for ending the custom from inspiring English sources

And the eight advocates of the proposal said their rules would effectively bring back the standing filibuster by ending the custom in which objections to consent agreements can be lodged with a phone call to a senator nearby.

In addition to ending the custom of publishers and authors dissembling about less-than-stellar sales, Bookscan could challenge established best-seller lists, which are based on statistical samples rather than a numerical count.

On a second visit to Jerusalem he strengthened his fellow Jews' observance of the Sabbath and ended the custom of Jewish men marrying foreign-born wives.

The threat of the drones had ended the custom of gathering in groups of 10 to 20 men to discuss the issues of the day.

A recent court ruling ended the custom among refuse collectors, known as fini-parti (mop 'n' go), which meant they could clock off as soon as they finished their round.

"I think, rightly, we have placed value on Britain not being able to decide unilaterally when it ends the custom union, rather that Britain should, together with the EU define this date and only after that the future relationship comes into effect," she said.

He forbade the practices of simony (selling ecclesiastical offices for money) and ended the custom of clerics appointing relatives to offices under their jurisdiction.

When a wedding day ends, the custom is for the groom to take his bride at the back of a mule to his own parent's house but Serkadis, still very upset, refused to ride with him.

Caste-based discrimination or untouchability was banned in India in 1955 and down the decades several policy measures have been announced to end the inhumane custom of manual scavenging.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) strongly condemned the practice of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, as un-Islamic, launching a flyer campaign to end the brutal custom.

Ill-advised reforms by Kamehameha III in 1850 ended the ancient custom of communal land tenure and permitted foreign ownership, leading to the creation of vast plantations to meet the burgeoning demand for sugar from the new state of California.