Sentence examples for if customary from inspiring English sources

The team identified that if customary legal and western legal aspects of core terms are accounted for in the selection, formatting, and organisation of the dictionary entries, English glosses and English ideas are less likely to subvert Māori ideas and the Māori language basis of the dictionary as a whole.

If customary HLP practices are dominated by criminal, patriarchal, or ethno-centric power structures then informal participatory mapping may provide discrete evidence of legal presence.

Rai flew back to Washington, he says, and told bank officials that if customary land rights were excluded, he would refuse to support the policy.

If customary and you feel comfortable, sing during the songs to connect in a special way to Jesus and the congregation.

If this customary practice is held in check for a while, then O'Leary's humiliation will have a valuable benefit.

Rereading his book reviews, he wonders aloud "if their customary geniality, almost effusive in the presence of a foreign writer or a factual topic, didn't somewhat sour when faced with a novel by a fellow-countryman".

Rereading his book reviews, he wonders aloud "if their customary geniality, almost effusive in the presence of a foreign writer or a factual topic, didn't somewhat sour when faced with a novel by a fellow-countryman". Should he perhaps have been a little kinder to E. L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo and Norman Rush or (by implication) a fraction more harsh with Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Haruki Murakami?

I've had people threaten to pull out of parties if the customary 25-avocado bucket of the stuff isn't putting in an appearance, although that could be a reflection of the quality of the rest of the festivities I suppose.

In international law, if a customary behavior of states can be identified, it is automatically elevated to the status of legal obligation without any independent examination of whether the custom is a good one.

It is very likely if not customary to serve coffee to any guests an Italian has in his/her house.

William de Briouze was in no doubt that the hanging had been properly conducted, and pointed out it was customary that "if any subterfuge or trickery were discovered ... then the executioner himself would be hanged in turn".