Sentence examples for set of customs from inspiring English sources

Dying used to be accompanied by a prescribed set of customs.

There was no saner, better yesteryear: just a different set of customs, a different brand of clumsiness.

A unique set of customs and behaviour is shared by the apes across a vast area of 50,000 sq km, revealing how they live naturally.

And after two decades, the peculiar arrangement has given rise to an unspoken and unusual etiquette of cab-taking, a set of customs that may now spread well beyond its origins at York Avenue and 79th Street.

Through the centuries the university developed a set of customs and traditions collectively known as "praxe," which among other things governs the use of the official university uniform that consists in part of a black cape, giving students a strikingly vampiric appearance.

Ever since ancient times, but especially since the emergence of the modern state system, the Age of Discovery, and the accompanying spread of industrialization and European culture throughout the world, there has developed, for economic and other reasons, a unique set of customs and conventions regarding the humane treatment of foreigners.

Mark Carney has a full set of custom-made gear to prevent the UK from veering off the fairway and into the deep rough.

He exposed the beams in the ceiling and added carved molding around the footboards and doorways, continuing the molding across a set of custom-built platform couches.

For racing, each Prada sailor has a set of custom-made foul-weather gear for heavy-weather days and form-fitting, tri-laminate Lycra-based spray shirts for moderate conditions.

Built in 1914 by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, the alley cost its owner, the steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick, $850 — a princely sum that did not include the set of custom balls.

Microsoft made its commitment to scientific computing two years after a similar service was introduced by Google and I.B.M. Several scientists familiar with the Microsoft project said the software company was hoping to differentiate the new service by offering scientists a set of custom applications that simplified access to Azure and the use of older software applications like Microsoft Excel.