Sentence examples for rigidly prescribed from inspiring English sources

Colour and pattern were rigidly prescribed for most wearers.

Hard to climb the ladder, he says; even harder to stay there in a culture rigidly prescribed by the majority.

The Legalists advocated government by a system of laws that rigidly prescribed punishments and rewards for specific behaviours.

Professional chanters (qurrāʾ) may chant the Qurʾān according to rigidly prescribed systems taught in special schools, but no music or singing is allowed.

Choudhury considers himself the inventor of hot yoga as we know it, or Bikram Yoga — a rigidly prescribed sequence of twenty-six postores to be endured with the thermostat set to a hundred and five degrees, for maximal sweating.

Our research aimed to do three things: explore student understanding of what constitutes terrorism; consider participant views of appropriate social work roles in Britain, where social work is increasingly rigidly prescribed as a state function; and to identify educational gaps in preparation for these roles, given the already congested nature of qualifying social work courses in Britain.

I'd look at the way toys are shelved in stores, and be amazed at how rigidly we prescribe these preferences for children: dolls for girls and trucks for boys.

They have led the way when it comes to expansive, attacking rugby, and they are encouraged by their coaches to play what they see in front of them, rather than stick rigidly to a prescribed tactical plan.

The original referred to a culture rigidly proscribed, rather than prescribed, by the majority.

A rigidly-structured daily one-hour lesson was prescribed for all primary-school children, focusing on the mechanics of reading.

Unlike, say, ballet, in which the torso is held rigidly and the positions of the arms, hands and feet are strictly prescribed, African dance allows more freedom.