Sentence examples for fall back on tradition from inspiring English sources

Usually, when British conservation groups seek a justification for their war on three-dimensional habitats, they fall back on tradition: this is how the land was, so this is how it should remain.

But as Leonid Bershidsky at BloombergView writes, "When these women fail -- and in a crisis, the probability of failure is higher -- boardrooms fall back on tradition.

And I think we did what a lot of families do at times like that – you just kind of fall back on tradition.

The mother of Guibert would fall back on this tradition.

We have a culture that worships money, and it makes it hard to survive the first blush of fame because they have nothing to fall back on – no tradition, no craftsmanship.

The only argument this multi-million euro industry can fall back on is that it's tradition".

Maria Miller, and her new permanent secretary, Sue Owen, have this sinuous tradition to fall back on, but they start with less power and authority in their hands.

Unfortunately, mediocrity is more the norm, and for this reason I urge you to seek out the very best you can from farming families with generations of tradition to fall back on.

It is only supposed to impose such a sanction if the president breaks the constitution; but Indonesia has no democratic tradition to fall back on, and so political plots, both real and imagined, have created an uncertain landscape.Now, however, it appears unlikely that Mr Wahid will be removed from office by the MPR.

4. Merging is a great option for homosexual couples who don't have a (ridiculous) tradition to fall back on.

With such rich traditions to fall back on, inspiration has seldom been in short supply for the new generations of German artists, despite the upheavals of the country's recent history.