Sentence examples for the past practice from inspiring English sources

Following his lead, Dr. Kane broke with the past practice of assuming steady-state conditions in favor of a more dynamic model.

"In the meantime," said American Airlines in a letter to its 11,000 pilots last week, "the F.A.A. has allowed carriers to continue with the past practice".

Breaking with the past practice of releasing the names of star presenters over a period of weeks, Mr. Ganis and Mr. Cates announced an alphabetical litany of actors who are expected to take the stage on Oscar night.

Canada, along with the United States, the European Union and Japan, favors continuing the past practice of having the director-general lead the talks, because it would assure continuity and independence.

[Page A24.] The president and vice president were not sworn in, which is consistent with the past practice of the commission, which has generally required sworn testimony only when witnesses testify in public.

Ms. Burke, the agency's commissioner, said in a statement that despite the past practice, she "will do everything in my power to not allow the rehiring of employees who have been previously terminated".

Mr. Sarkozy said, "This may be a great opportunity if we do not fall back into the hateful practices of the past, practices that have led us exactly where we are right now".

Agriculture is the chief means of subsistence for all the groups, who in the past practiced the shifting cultivation of rice and corn (maize), together with the opium poppy.

The success of individual blacks is seen as proof of racial equality, while, as Mr. McKnight writes, "the exceptional white racist is used to separate the existing racial white community from the onus of the past practices of Jim Crow".

The past practices of undercover police officers are the subject of what the Met described as "a thorough review and investigation" called Operation Herne, which is being overseen by Derbyshire's chief constable, Mick Creedon.

"I think it is fair to say the past practices at some of these other sites could have been much better," said Thomas Fikslin, head of monitoring for the commission.