Sentence examples for system of conventions from inspiring English sources

The pictograph illustrated that illusion in art derives from a system of conventions evolved over centuries of trial and error, a process of "making and matching" whereby our reaction to an image corresponds to the reality of what it represents.

"The challenge that we face in addressing Islamic State is that it has not shown any interest in abiding with an international system of conventions, and it has an ideology that is intent on killing people without any concerns for the sanctity of life.

In order to function, there has to be an institutional framework which consists of a comprehensive system of conventions, norms and regulations.

Using a system of graphic conventions, they translate the three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one.

— Posted by DC A: Because of the Democrats' system of allocating convention delegates in proportion to the popular vote, tiny Vermont could affect the delegate count more than giant Ohio and Texas.

ICMM3D is proposed in the framework of independent cover, which avoid the time-consuming and error-prone cover system generation of convention numerical manifold method (NMM).

Etiquette, system of rules and conventions that regulate social and professional behaviour.

An appeals court rightly ruled against the system of shadowy nominating conventions, which allows political machines to thwart the will of the voters and handpick judges.

The last of the objections regarding the nature of the interpretation of biogenetic provisions, in particular when in conflict with the axiological systems of The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, could indeed be justified if these systems remained, to even some extent, independent of one another.

Domestic courts in the UK could not hear cases because, under the UK's dualist system of law, the convention remained an international treaty with no domestic effect.

Many nations now participate in a complex international system of human rights treaties, conventions and institutions.