Sentence examples for general conformity from inspiring English sources

London boroughs' local plans need to be in general conformity with the plan, and its policies guide decisions on planning applications.

In 1922 Lewis published Babbitt, a study of the complacent American whose individuality has been sucked out of him by Rotary clubs, business ideals, and general conformity.

This study shows a general conformity to other geoarchaeological models and patterns in the region and, as such, it appears that the Falls of the Ohio has had little effect on the overall natural and cultural deposition in the region.

Compliance of any children's product with third party testing and certification or general conformity certification requirements under this section shall not be construed to exempt such children's product from any requirement that such product actually be in conformity with all applicable rules, regulation, standards, or ban under any Act enforced by the Commission.

Thus, the equilibrium lacks one of the main characteristics emphasized by Lewis: a preference for general conformity over slight-less-than-general conformity.

General conformity to facts was, of course, necessary, but in most cases the aim of ancient writer was to make an interesting book or to furnish a setting for the political ideas, or the moral principles, which he entertained.

The fetal evaluation between treated and control groups showed no malformations, defined as "those structural anomalies that alter general body conformity, disrupt or interfere with body function, or are generally thought to be incompatible with life" [ 32].

Privacy law rests on the assumption that government surveillance may increase the general level of conformity and thus generate a chilling effect.

Richard Yates, whose novel Revolutionary Road offers a harrowing indictment of American life during Levittown's heyday, wrote of that era's "general lust for conformity", a "blind, desperate clinging to safety and security at any price, as exemplified politically in the Eisenhower administration and the McCarthy witch hunts".

Because during the Fifties there was a general lust for conformity all over this country, by no means only in the suburbs — a kind of blind, desperate clinging to safety and security at any price, as exemplified politically in the Eisenhower administration and the Joe McCarthy witch-hunts.

The Beats were known for their defiance of sexual norms, interest in Eastern spirituality, and general lack of conformity to post-war American culture.