Sentence examples for tradition setting from inspiring English sources

Having written three theatre works of a conceptual bent — "De Materie," "Rosa," and "Writing to Vermeer" — Andriessen has struck at the core of the Western tradition, setting Dante's Divine Comedy.

Having written three theatre works of a conceptual bent—"De Materie," "Rosa," and "Writing to Vermeer"—Andriessen has struck at the core of the Western tradition, setting Dante's Divine Comedy.

For our Salute Your Shorts Issue, Harris continued this tradition, setting out to chronicle Trump's first 100 days in office.

UN-HABITAT has a long tradition setting up multipurpose youth centeres in urban areas to support youth empowerment on many fronts.

With Pope John XXIII (reigned 1958 63), a dismantling (aggiornamento) of antimodernism and a more critical attitude toward "tradition" set in; this extended to traditional dogmatic views as well as to the liturgy and church structure.

And falling behind the great, world-beating, pioneering tradition set by those who came before us.

In this role he continued a tradition set up by John Stuart Mill and preserved by Bertrand Russell.

Eastern tradition sets the number of Magi at 12, but Western tradition sets their number at three, probably based on the three gifts of "gold, frankincense, and myrrh" (Matthew 2 11) presented to the infant.

"The Acoustic Folk Box" (Topic) collects folk music of the British Isles, while "The Best of the Bluegrass Tradition" (Tradition) sets murder ballads alongside hill-country instrumentals.

It runs against the genre, resisting a conservative tradition: set in Liverpool, championing an old-style working class, without a romance at its centre.

Rowling, taking a new turn after her series of Harry Potter books, has written a state-of-England novel in the grand Victorian tradition, set in the little town of Pagford.