Sentence examples for the practice survived from inspiring English sources

The practice survived until around 40 years ago.

However, the practice survived longer than did the monarchy in France.

The practice survived Mao's political campaigns and indeed took on more importance.

The practice survived legal challenges until Pete Hernandez, a migrant cotton picker, was convicted by an all-Anglo jury in the murder of Joe Espinosa in Jackson County.

In Europe the practice survived until the early 20th century in the Balkan Peninsula, where the taking of the head implied the transfer of the soul matter of the decapitated to the decapitator.

France initiated deportation during the Revolutionary period; the practice survived until 1938 despite much public criticism of the prison conditions on the islands of French Guiana, particularly the notorious Devil's Island.

Critics say that the practice survives only with heavy government subsidies.

The practice survives from Soviet times, when there were no private security guards and it was common for state-owned companies to pay the police for security.

Such rites originally may have been intended to ensure fertility for crops and, by extension, for livestock and humans, but in most cases this significance was gradually lost, so that the practices survived largely as popular festivities.

Although this practice survived into the 1980s to herald important news announcements, the bell is now only rung to mark ceremonial occasions like Remembrance Day and visits from the Queen.

Where the practice survives outside America, little value has been attached to it.