Sentence examples for prevailing system was from inspiring English sources

This Court has consistently accorded great deference to the construction of territorial legislation adopted by the local courts, whether the prevailing system was the common or the civil law, and this though in such cases this Court possesses authority to make a definitive construction which it lacks in the case of the legislation of a State.

Starting in the 1980s, the prevailing system was replaced by neoliberal economic policies that commanded fiscal discipline, trade liberalization, openness to foreign direct investment, privatization, financial liberalization, deregulation, secure intellectual property rights and a reduced role for the state, and this became the dominant economic paradigm for the promotion of growth.

This applies in particular to the introduction of small-scale, decentralised technologies in wastewater treatment where prevailing systems are highly centralised.

Problem is, for the most part, go-after-the-guy-with-the-ball Guylogic still drives the prevailing system and Guylogic is all about winning.

This idea of resistance wouldn't be about only slowing down, and it's interesting that there's this new movement in philosophy called accelerationism (the idea that the prevailing system of capitalism might be accelerated to the point that it self-destructs).

This idea of resistance wouldn't be about only slowing down, and it's interesting that there's this new movement in philosophy called accelerationism [the idea that the prevailing system of capitalism might be accelerated to the point that it self-destructs].

Which is right and proper, since under the prevailing system intellectual labour ought to be rewarded.

As Peter Mugyenyi, director of Africa's largest Aids treatment centre says: "We are on standby awaiting another bloodbath". To any suggestion that the prevailing system of monopolies on medicine is hugely inefficient, immoral and unsustainable, industry apologists contend that "it's tried and tested", whereas any proposed alternative would represent a massive gamble.

After a 31-3 loss at Alabama in 2005 in his first season at Florida, Meyer and his spread offense were mocked, but now the spread is the prevailing system in college football.

Feudalism was the prevailing system of government in western Europe from the 5th through the 12th centuries, providing Martin with a wealth of historical documentation to draw upon.

Her appeal to popular action, however, while targeted at those who felt the harm imposed by the prevailing economic system, was far from the knee jerk and nationalist populism of today.