Sentence examples for practice survived from inspiring English sources

The practice survived until around 40 years ago.

However, the practice survived longer than did the monarchy in France.

The practice survived Mao's political campaigns and indeed took on more importance.

The practice survived legal challenges until Pete Hernandez, a migrant cotton picker, was convicted by an all-Anglo jury in the murder of Joe Espinosa in Jackson County.

In Europe the practice survived until the early 20th century in the Balkan Peninsula, where the taking of the head implied the transfer of the soul matter of the decapitated to the decapitator.

France initiated deportation during the Revolutionary period; the practice survived until 1938 despite much public criticism of the prison conditions on the islands of French Guiana, particularly the notorious Devil's Island.

Critics say that the practice survives only with heavy government subsidies.

Hamlin's career as a practicing architect was relatively brief and few architectural records from his professional practice survive.

The practice survives from Soviet times, when there were no private security guards and it was common for state-owned companies to pay the police for security.

Tolokonnikova portrays a grim life for inmates where, in a practice surviving from the Gulag system, the authorities delegate certain prisoners to do their dirty work for them and keep the other inmates terrorised.

Were Mr Clegg's idea to be put into practice, surviving relatives of wealthy individuals could find themselves paying three "death taxes" – deferred payments of the mansion tax, the existing inheritance tax and social care bills.