Sentence examples for is the custom here from inspiring English sources
For example, he said that participants at weddings are urged to celebrate by reciting Koranic verses, not by dancing, as is the custom here.
To tip attendants is the custom here, and one of them, Alejandro Jurado, flashing a brick-size wad of pesos and dollars, said, "Americans tip better".
Televised images after his arrest showed a wary-looking, curly-haired boy in a black sweatshirt dwarfed by heavily armed soldiers presenting him to reporters, as is the custom here for major arrests.
"It is the custom here to wear the richest garments rather loosely, as though they had been picked up at the Episcopal Church white elephant sale," he went on, "and not to try to recreate the seventh floor at Bergdorf Goodman" in one's house.
Yesterday, in response to a defense question of why the case exhibits were being sent into the jury even before they asked for them, Justice Teresi said, "It's the custom here in Albany County".
I live in an apartment with no outdoor lights and from 8 30 to 9 30 I was watching Law and Order: SVU reruns in the dark and reflecting on the past 30 years of my life, as is the custom on Saturday nights here in the Aamoth household.
This number might be unnecessary, since the custom here, echoing the new Internet ethos that privacy is an outdated concept, is to snatch great armfuls of modular product off shelves and strip in full view of one's fellow citizens.
At the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, Per Aasen, the press officer, said that he was aware of the custom here, but added, "I didn't know we had exported it". In Norway, he said, the custom is prevalent not only for major buildings, but also for private homes.
