Sentence examples for symbolic membership from inspiring English sources

DORMAN: Whatever her title, each of her predecessors has been given what amounts to a symbolic membership.

With a symbolic membership fee of 2 dinars (75p) a year, Tunisia's amateur astronomers rely largely on pooling their own money together to fund trips, build experimental rockets or order sophisticated equipment only available from abroad.

And the golf club has honored that company's CEO -- along with the CEOs of Exxon Mobil and AT&T -- with the symbolic trappings of membership.

Personal ornaments, often in the form of beads worn as necklaces or bracelets, are considered by archaeologists as a key sign of sophisticated symbolic behavior, communicating either membership in a group or individual identity.

Membership is largely symbolic.

The award of the doctorate degree, and the title Dr, is a symbolic recognition of our full membership in the academic community.

They attend church or football games on Sundays (and often both), they purchase symbolic objects that announce their membership to others, and they engage in rituals that intensify their sense of belonging.

Nevertheless, the decision to ask the European Commission to prepare a formal assessment of Serbia's suitability for membership is an important symbolic moment for Serbia, though there remains a considerable distance from even starting talks on actual membership.

There was some progress in June; Turkey completed the first official step toward membership when an initial symbolic chapter of negotiations on its terms of admission was opened and closed.

Turkey has reacted angrily after the European parliament urged governments to freeze EU membership talks in a powerful symbolic vote that will heighten tensions and could endanger a landmark migration deal.

Adding fuel to speculation over his true intentions was the government's failure to apply last week for membership in the United Nations, a largely symbolic gesture that has occurred annually since 1993.