Sentence examples for ritual of arguing from inspiring English sources

Labour officially supports a wholly-elected Lords, but a good number of its MPs disagree.Many Lords, including some Lib Dems, are opposed for the same reason turkeys seldom cast ballots for Christmas though they are decent enough to go through the ritual of arguing that their wisdom and non-partisanship improve the British polity.

Halal is about more than just the ritual of slaughter, argues Lutfi Radwan, the farmer at Willowbrook.

Many Xhosa have rejected outside criticism of the ritual, arguing that the poor practices of a few ceremonies has attracted unjustifiable opprobrium to the entire procedure.

The Mohists had objected to traditional rituals, arguing that many of their contemporaries confused what is merely customary with what is right.

Social scientists have criticized lavish spending on temple rituals, arguing that a relatively small percentage of donations reach the truly needy.

As for the relationship between myth and ritual, Frazer argued that myths were intended to explain otherwise unintelligible rituals.

Since most of his income comes from investments he shares with his brother and sisters, Mr Simon had argued for months that the political ritual of making his tax returns public would intrude on their privacy.

The ritual of handing over your smartphone takes away some of that guilt, he argues.