Sentence examples for largely adhered from inspiring English sources

But the Germans, unlike the present prisoners, also largely adhered to the Geneva conventions.

Its residents have largely adhered to covenants that forbid major alterations.

The N.C.A.A. has had a moratorium on awarding predetermined championships to South Carolina since 2001, while the A.C.C. and the Southeastern Conference have largely adhered to similar stances.

OPEC decided in March 1999 to cut back production, and cartel members largely adhered to the new limits on output, which, combined with stronger demand from Asia, caused prices to soar.

The meetings in Cairo took place during a humanitarian pause in the fighting, largely adhered to by both sides, to allow Palestinians to stock up on food and water, obtain cash from ATMs and visit relatives.

Although the leak led to some sensational stories — Michael Morell, a top C.I.A. official, called it "the most serious compromise of classified information in the history of the U.S. intelligence community" — the journalists largely adhered to Snowden's stipulation.

The Hazaras, who largely adhere to the Shiite branch of Islam, had been the special targets of the Taliban, who are Sunnis.

His testimony largely adheres to what the NRA still maintains today, that existing laws need to be better enforced rather than changed.

In the dialogues Scudéry develops a philosophy of art that largely adheres to neoclassical aesthetics.

In doing so, he appealed to the spiritual unity of two fellow Slav peoples, both largely adhering to the Orthodox Christian tradition, and to the prominent role that Ukrainians had played in the history of the Russian empire and then the Soviet Union.

As it stands, the package makes tough policy choices while largely adhering to the principle, as enunciated by the Bowles-Simpson commission, that deficit reduction should not increase poverty or inequality.