Sentence examples for in which conventions from inspiring English sources

His daughter's reminiscences open the door to a lost radical and vibrant world in which conventions, whether artistic or moral, were there to be flouted.

Will 2004, a year in which the divisions between the parties may be deeper than they have been since the 1930's, be a year in which conventions retrieve at least some remnant of their democratic origins?

The simplest cases in which conventions arise are ones where we are repeatedly playing a game that is purely co-operative, i.e. the payoffs to each agent are the same, and there are multiple equilibria.

The debate here is partly about the conventional nature of the rules of recognition, and partly about the ways in which conventions can figure in our reasons for action.

This simple opening statement from an 1818 convention with Great Britain is typical of the manner in which conventions and treaties written by the government of the United States began.

I'm less interested in which convention we are signed up to.

"This Hindu family relationship was customarily a special one," Dutta and Robinson write, in which "convention permitted an intimacy not allowed between other in-laws, with an element of danger".

Firstly because anyone who loves Wodehouse and hasn't read Saki is missing a trick, and secondly because, as Will Self noted in a 2007 documentary, "Saki's stories are highly relevant to any society in which convention is confused with morality, and all societies confuse convention with morality, so he'll always be relevant".

Given the obviously cosmic significance of the piece -- Galileo's celestial discoveries attended his development of the telescope -- and its thematic reverence for ideas, ideals and the triumph of reason, it is disillusioning to come upon a production in which convention, banality and sheer tedium replace once-upon-a-time innovation and ever-possible theatricality.

"I have only respect and best wishes for those who agree to serve despite the deterioration of the confirmation process over the years, but everyone who knows me in this town knows that I would never accept a job that requires Senate confirmation or, for that matter, willingly place myself in any situation... in which convention requires that I be civil to Chuck Schumer, Estradaa said.

Homeopathic studies scored worse than conventional studies on validity threats in over 60% of the items rated compared to 15% of the items in which convention studies scored worse.