Sentence examples for practiced even though from inspiring English sources

It should be noted, however, that in Rome manumission was relatively easy and was widely practiced, even though there was a 5 percent tax on manumission in the Republic, and the Lex Fufia Caninia of 2 bce forbade manumission by testament of more than a fifth to a half of one's slaves, depending on the number owned.

So Scofidio quit practicing, even though he still had a family to support.

I was like, 'They don't get it; I don't know if they'll ever get it.' " A day after Tennessee returned to campus in Knoxville, Summitt made her players practice even though the season was over.

Hong Kong's regulator has acquiesced to the practice even though such big names shouldn't need a helping hand.

Ocho!" at the end of practice, even though Ochocinco, freshly arrived from Cincinnati, was not in uniform yet.

Mentally and physically we have to be working in practice even though we may not want to.

I laugh a lot at practice, even though half the time I don't understand much of what is being said.

Their vanity was to believe that their ideas guaranteed a different kind of practice, even though life in a new-corporate company differs little from life elsewhere.

Just like today in practice, I wanted to come out and have a good hard practice, even though we have a game tomorrow.

The idea of PCCs is directly inspired by US practice, even though in the wider context the US and the UK are very different.

Paying young women for eggs to be fertilized and men for sperm is now common practice — even though they are still regularly referred to as "donors".