Sentence examples for some customary from inspiring English sources

For example, by identifying some customary behaviours in the workplace as "sexual harassment," women workers validated the anger and humiliation they felt, which in turn enabled them to envisage ways of combating those discriminatory practices.

After all the build-up, all the stories about what to expect when these old adversaries renewed hostilities, the truth is their first encounter in the top division was so orderly, bar some customary yapping from Bellamy, as to be a reminder that the culture of the derby match has changed.

Although some customary international law pertaining to NIAC existed (relating particularly to the recognition of belligerency), state practice on the matter rapidly declined (Moir 1998, 352).

Some customary doctrines arguably have no particular basis in religious texts, although they are treated as though they do (e.g., when life begins).

While philosophic sages may still share with others some customary practices and beliefs, or aspects of them, unlike other members of their community, they emphasize rational explanations and justifications of courses of action.

For the natural resources of the world are "by nature" common; that is, reason's principles do not identify anyone as having a prior claim to them other than under some customary or other socially posited scheme for division and appropriation of such resources, and such schemes could not be morally authoritative unless they acknowledged some such duty to distribute one's superflua.

WHEN referring to the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, it is now — and has been for some time — customary to affix the phrase "world's oldest active filmmaker".

In some cases, customary practices and laws that limit women's rights to land prevail over legislation that guarantees their right to land.

And because of its clay-court surface -- three inches of limestone covered with a crepe-thin coating of crushed red brick -- the tennis on display is also different, with serves losing some of their customary primacy and shotmaking regaining some of its relevance.

We see the female without some of the customary attributes of femininity.

Patriotism has returned, but with some of its customary excesses left out.