Sentence examples for previous customs from inspiring English sources

He poured scorn on the previous customs regime, branding them "professional extortionists".

As a huge crowd of weary travelers shuffle along in serpentine lines, inspectors make quick decisions by asking a few questions (often across language barriers) and watching computer displays that don't go much beyond name, date of birth and codes for a previous customs problem or an outstanding arrest warrant.

In the name of helping homeowners the Administration has decreed that all creditors must take a haircut, regardless of what previous customs and laws provided.

Doenecke stated that the fight over Robertson was not important enough to disturb party unity over Presidential authority since the previous customs collector, Edwin A. Merrit, appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878, was a reformer.

Without such a policy it will be at your employer's discretion as to how reasonable they are prepared to be, although they will need to adopt a consistent policy with all staff and could be bound by previous custom and practice.

Its inclusion seems to be a consequence of adopting previous custom and practice rather than being a deliberate choice.

According to Stephen Dick, the editor of Tactical Knives, this collaboration was a result of "the Navy deciding that only commercial designs would be considered due to failure of a previous custom knifemaker to deliver enough models to satisfy the need".

The method was then applied to 263 Rickettsia-positive Ixodes ricinus samples, of which 153 (58.2%) could be identified for their species (151 R. helvetica and 2 R. monacensis) by previous custom Sanger sequencing.

To overcome the issue of the previous method, custom-made electrode holders were also designed and 3D printed, which allow better control over the electrode placement inside the microfluidic channel.

China's trade volume fell 7% in 2015 compared with the previous year, Chinese customs said on Wednesday, as slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy and plunging commodity prices took their toll.

While traveling to Hawaii for a television shoot, Ellie was barred from entering the US because a member of her crew had ironically checked a box on a previous trip's customs paperwork identifying himself as a "terrorist".