Sentence examples for traditional restraints from inspiring English sources

Traditional restraints on the power of the British government appeared no longer to work.

Ever since, he's felt equally at ease either exploiting genre conventions or working outside traditional restraints.

In a crisis, he said, the military repercussions of that trend could erode the traditional restraints on nuclear arms.

The traditional restraints on power had been swept away, and no new social contract between ruler and ruled had emerged.

And, as politics continues to shed its traditional restraints, ugly as it is to watch, we may get a clearer understanding of what those relations are.

Since 1960, new law codes have liberated women from traditional restraints, defined the rights and duties of citizens, and modified the penal procedure.

Their cultural diversity has been reinforced by a traditional restraint on intertribal marriage and by long contact with the Portuguese and other Europeans.

MUCH of the clothing here shows a similar balance of hipness and traditional restraint, like a beautiful wool Fitzgerald twill topcoat.

A critic who saw the Haarlem exhibit concluded that the murals lacked traditional restraint but would probably appeal to their intended audience.

He runs a wedding catering company in India's technology hub, where new money and global travel are changing the way weddings are celebrated by South Indians, who were once known for their traditional restraint.

After six years in his post at Strasbourg, the Swedish official used his departing comments to plead for greater freedom of expression and to question blanket imposition of traditional media restraints on the internet.