Sentence examples for practice of the time from inspiring English sources

In the practice of the time, these young unmarried women would have quite likely shared a bed.

In a desperate attempt to stop the cancer's spread, Coley followed the practice of the time and amputated Dashiell's arm just below the elbow.

Because his articles were regularly reprinted in other periodicals, a common practice of the time, Niles and his paper had a great influence on politics and society.

Consistent with the British practice of the time, the right to vote was most likely available only to male property owners.

In The Stone Operation (Touch), the young Rembrandt seems to mock the bizarre practice of the time of trying to cure bad headaches by using a scalpel to remove a stone from the skull.

In the first half of the program he conducted works by Bach and Mozart from the harpsichord, a nod to the practice of the time, and later he was both soloist and conductor in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.

Averroës is taken by FitzRalph to be the authentic interpreter of Aristotle despite the condemnations of the 1270s, but in so doing FitzRalph is not an Averroist (as some surmised) but is merely following the accepted practice of the times.

"Following the practice of the Times in reporting on national security, I discussed with senior government officials the potential risks of publication of sensitive information that touches on ongoing intelligence operations.

Others were neglected or destroyed, according to the common practices of the time.

For Breslin, though, it remained important to retain some details of the practices of the time in order to maintain what she calls "truth".

Packed with fascinating insights into the medical practices of the time, including experiments on guillotined heads, Johnson's novel is pacy, gruesome and thought-provoking.