Sentence examples for long-running practice from inspiring English sources

Collecting the salaries of nonexistent "ghost officers" has been a long-running practice of senior Afghan police commanders.

It was that case that put the spotlight on the long-running practice by the State Police of targeting and stopping minority drivers.

North Korea's long-running practice of abducting Japanese nationals, which it admitted to during Mr Koizumi's historic visit to Pyongyang last September, could become a sticking-point if talks ever get anywhere.

May is also critical of the long-running practice of factions, whereby delegates with similar views agree to support a particular candidate in order not to split the vote.

Lawmakers hope the measure will help curb a long-running practice known in legal circles as "sewer service," which occurs when process servers fail to serve court papers on defendants but file affidavits swearing that they did so — which allows the cases to proceed.

Forced to choose, most would say that it is better for America's spies to be feared than loved by the rest of the world.What bugs voters is the idea that the president did not know what his spooks were up to until this summer, when the White House says it learned of a long-running practice of listening in on allied leaders—and put a stop to it.

And HSBC's money laundering case involved neither a corporate guilty plea nor any direct action against individuals responsible for long-running practices.

Trump shattered precedents during the campaign ― and it remains to be seen if long-running practices at the White House, from holding a daily briefing to allowing pool reporters aboard Air Force One, will be upheld after he's sworn in.

And Mario Ybarra Jr., known for his long-running social practice studio Slanguage, reflects on the ways in which Ed Kienholz finds poetry in everyday materials.

McConnell suggested Reid should step back from the brink and consider long-running Senate practices that are meant to protect the minority.

However, I content that while the context of many other parts of the country is strikingly different, there are lessons to learn from the long-running participation practices that can be found at the community level and municipal level.