Sentence examples for is not the custom from inspiring English sources

It is not the custom in Afghanistan to invite guests into one's living quarters, since wives are not supposed to be seen.

"Ever since our arrival at the American capital," Norimasa Muragaki, an ambassador, wrote in his diary on June 4, 1860, in Washington, "we have frequently been asked by photographers to allow our photographs to be taken, but we have hitherto refused, as it is not the custom in our country.

(Payment in advance is not the custom).

And from another reader: "If they want to live in a country for which this is not the custom, then they have to conform to the local culture.

In this context, Shipley's "customarily" is exactly the right word: it is not the custom among journalists to check with experts to make sure that what they publish isn't appallingly wrong.

Smoking opium by hookah is not the custom of the local people in North East Iran.

Not all their contributions are known, because until the mid- to late 20th century it was not the custom to sign articles.

Very few believed me when I told them the truth: I had never been paid a centavo for the stories and had not expected to be, because that was not the custom in the country's press.

Here's a simple example, from "The Age of Innocence" (1920): "It was not the custom in New York drawing rooms for a lady to get up and walk away from one gentleman in order to seek the company of another...

A wit that can still strike a chord today: "I said it was not the custom in England to confer titles on men distinguished by peaceful services, however good and great; unless occasionally, when they consisted of the accumulation of some very large amount of money".

The ashes of the bride and groom were mixed together, or, in villages where cremation was not the custom, their bodies were buried together.