noun
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an age-old tradition/practice/custom etc British English
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age-old customs
cultural traditions
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The ceremony is an important cultural tradition for the tribe.
custom/tradition dictates sth
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On the island, custom still dictates the roles of men and women.
venerable tradition
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a venerable tradition
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ancient
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A sizeable centre with ancient agricultural traditions , it is a typical example of the resourceful toils of the region.
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At the heart of each is an ancient tradition of devotion to a statue of the Black Virgin.
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One may on the other hand consider that the ancient traditions and methods of training for the Bar are worthy of preservation.
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This is certainly the product of very ancient traditions .
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It had been a democratic country and had ancient traditions of learning and libertarianism.
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The Samaritans are the last echo that remain in the world of the ancient Israelite tradition .
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Eventually the ancient traditions began to dilute the ideology.
cultural
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Protestants and Catholics certainly see themselves as different peoples with different histories, and for the most part maintain different cultural traditions .
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Parades can be rerouted, but changing them is an outrage to those who cherish their own cultural traditions .
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Despite strong regional cultural traditions , Tyne side was affected by these developments.
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And Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson recognize that pending milestone with a party in honor of our cultural traditions .
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Although accommodation between the two cultural traditions is often achieved, the conflicts provoked have also been intense.
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Vested interest groups protect their existence. Cultural traditions prevent an honest look at environmental realities.
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Family formation and family building patterns are reflections of various socio-economic and cultural institutions, traditions and conditions of development.
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They tend to restrict the causes of criminality to hereditary characteristics and overlook the effects of environmental influences and cultural traditions .
different
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Protestants and Catholics certainly see themselves as different peoples with different histories, and for the most part maintain different cultural traditions .
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But just as the white-ruled states followed different traditions , so would they take different paths.
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This approach proved impractical and inflexible and did not allow for innovation or different national traditions .
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But what is undoubtedly the case is that the possibilities of transcendent interpretation are differently characterized in different traditions .
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It is unusual to consider them in conjunction with the ostensibly different milieux and traditions of broadcasting.
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Why should not the validity of different traditions of discourse simply be allowed to coexist?
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C S Lewis comes from a different tradition: in the Narnia books he struggles with big ideas.
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The programs give her a glimpse of different traditions , such as a religious wedding ceremony and a school board election.
good
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In the best traditions of international competition she emphasized the importance of playing the game for its own sake.
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Carville bossed and barked and bullied in the best tradition of the sergeants he had known in the marines.
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He had been an excellent courtier of the very best tradition .
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In good old realpolitik tradition , the chairman controls the staff and the budget.
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In the best Maine Road tradition City had only themselves to blame.
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Some of the loudest voices there are not in the best tradition .
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Once a private mansion, it is a classic hotel in the best tradition .
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Who is to say which is the better tradition ?
great
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It was to this great tradition , though as a self-confessedly very junior follower, that Lewis quite easily and naturally belonged.
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A scholar in the great Confucian tradition , Le Thanh Tong devoted much of his energy to the advancement of learning.
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Sutherland has a great sporting tradition .
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We have a great tradition of voluntary services and charitable giving.
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Now though, in the great tradition of comic actors, he wants to be taken seriously.
liberal
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However, even in the liberal humanist tradition of Leavis and Richards, there is a striking paradox.
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One was the simple protection of individual rights against an encroaching state, the basic defence of rights in the liberal tradition .
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A paper long allied to the Liberal tradition had been allowed to be taken over by the right-wing Mail.
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This latter ideology is in fact one which runs through most of the liberal adult education tradition in Britain.
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He has an impressive grounding in Western thought and argues that book-banning is an honorable part of the Western liberal tradition .
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In these circumstances it was easier for a liberal tradition to develop.
literary
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It is as if by working in Weston Hall, Leapor came into contact with that family's modest literary tradition .
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I ask you: why did women think they could suppress a literary tradition of hundreds of years?
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The literary tradition associates the beginning of painting with Corinth and neighbouring Sicyon.
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The period of emancipation, the flowering of literary tradition , the Holocaust.
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What they do have, though, is a literary tradition , which reveres the short story.
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Fly fishing has a literary tradition , too.
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The literary tradition is valued in so far as it offers a critical evaluation of this transformation and its consequences.
local
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This implies a local tradition already current in the twelfth century and might be based on a lost source.
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Before leaving for Brixton, Inspectors should brief their men on local customs and traditions .
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Many of the local traditions have passed away since those days.
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In so doing he may have had access to local traditions .
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The design of farm buildings was also affected by the local building tradition .
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A wonderful combination of holiday activity and local tradition all within reach of the sun-soaked beaches.
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The Black Death and subsequent outbreaks of the plague account for the smallest number of desertions, despite all the local traditions .
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And when we run out of local traditions to invent, we can import from abroad.
long
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Tamayo's insistence on using new materials to construct his prints is very much part of a long tradition in modern art.
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Vanderbilt is an excellent team, strong, quick and deep, a team with a long winning tradition .
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They have a long tradition of solid trade union organisation.
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Some therapists cast their patients as different from themselves by joining the long tradition of not believing what their patients tell them.
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Established in 1912, Olympus has a long tradition of good design, using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship.
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The Senate has a long and courtly tradition of etiquette and member privilege.
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Educated privately at her homes at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan she inherited a long family tradition of unorthodox and innovative ideas.
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Social History Ulster has a long tradition of rural industry and peasant agriculture.
old
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Maybe the tide will start to turn shortly as the avant-garde begin to lead the way back to the old traditions .
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Yes, some of the old tradition has worn away over the years.
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In the event, however, the crisis served mainly to demonstrate the dominance of older pacifist traditions over revolutionary ideas.
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The Vale of White Horse Hunt maintains a centuries old tradition .
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The consequence was that good old New York tradition: cronyism, corruption and graft.
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Here the structure of the older morality tradition is most neatly challenged by images which question its norms.
oral
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They relied on oral tradition , a doubtful guide concerning such a hated institution as the forest.
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There was a time when law was entirely based on the oral tradition .
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The study of the oral tradition is called form criticism.
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Its history has come down to us only through oral traditions , archaeological research and the accounts of occasional outside observers.
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In many ways information in such systems resembles oral tradition more closely than the object-based holdings of archives and libraries.
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But oral tradition is not just a process.
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In fact, they obey the conventions of the oral tradition , reducing complex phenomena to single comprehensible causes.
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Even if we can identify the relevant society, we also need to be able to identify the content of that political tradition .
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At least one House Republican freshman maintains a hoary political tradition by staging town meetings with his constituents.
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Such opposite intellectual and political traditions must be welcomed.
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Institutions, customs, political and cultural traditions stemming from a long pagan past, were still very much alive in it.
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The last representative of the four-hundred-year-old Cecil family political tradition left at the 1987 election.
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It is a discussion of a concept which is deeply embedded in the philosophical and political traditions of our culture.
religious
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None the less, different social and religious traditions make the influence of this very difficult to assess.
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But the abuses of our religious traditions should not keep us from affirming their call to compassion.
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Clearly none of the religious traditions we have examined asserts the latter.
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And modern life, in almost all its aspects, represents a break with religious tradition .
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This is less distant from the other religious traditions discussed than might be supposed.
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The proposed immigration policy would compromise the First Amendment, which forbids the identification of the United States with any religious tradition .
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The openness Gandhi shows to the plurality of religious traditions is commendable.
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Increased possibilities of travel together with the effects of immigration have also made possible a wider knowledge of the world's religious traditions .
strong
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Despite strong regional cultural traditions , Tyne side was affected by these developments.
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Ogontz was a school with a strong conservative tradition .
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There is a strong tradition of smuggling, illicit goods being brought from nearby Flookburgh on the coast.
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In the first place, the left has a strong tradition of defying authority, and smoking fits neatly into this.
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But things are much the same in countries with strong constitutional traditions .
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In Asturias there was a strong tradition of early migration in the poor mountain villages.
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Consequently in Britain there is a strong tradition of investigating the prevalence of ill health and specific medical conditions among older people.
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Within government there will be strong traditions which have to be overcome if a new culture is to develop.
western
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And that the Western psychotherapeutic tradition could learn a great deal from the work of people like the Good Doctor of Jharsetli.
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It is not that Western tradition has been wholly free of references to celestial phenomena.
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The Western tradition , however, has never subscribed to such an extreme theology of silence and unknowing.
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C., Alexander the Great set a Western tradition for royal philanthropy.
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One aspect of illusion is perspective, much valued in the Western tradition .
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Are they able to look without too dominant a preconception coming from the Western tradition ?
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He has an impressive grounding in Western thought and argues that book-banning is an honorable part of the Western liberal tradition .
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family
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Both brothers followed the family tradition and became mullahs.
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We may put together special meals for religious holidays, but usually only as a family tradition .
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Ben was following family tradition by sending him here.
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Chocolate turns this into a family tradition and a story celebrating life and family.
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Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition - Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember.
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Law school of course, because of the family tradition , was a possibility.
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Educated privately at her homes at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan she inherited a long family tradition of unorthodox and innovative ideas.
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He felt that to have any chance of preserving the family tradition , a single individual must inherit.
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accord
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This is a view which would accord with the dualistic tradition to which his novels predominantly belong.
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Mary was according to tradition a young girl, engaged to an Older Man Joseph.
break
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So, breaking with tradition , are several of the national missions.
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For that reason, Apple broke tradition and did not include a programming language along with the machine.
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Not that he broke with all tradition .
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Unexpectedly, one of the House conferees decided that this action left her free to break with tradition as well.
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To cross them was to break tradition , to sever one's links and become an outsider.
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In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office.
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The Taft administration failed to break tradition on the issues critical to the black man.
carry
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The sense of adventure felt by the pioneers of flight still remains with those who carry on the tradition of ballooning today.
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In it, he demonstrates his intention of carrying on the traditions of Veronese and Tintoretto.
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Younger members of the Denning family are carrying on the tradition of working at Sharpness docks.
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Young Merriam, carrying on the tradition , had pushed for liberal and progressive reforms.
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Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports.
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None of their three sons Roy, Robert and Clive have decided to carry on the family tradition .
continue
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The Government will convince no one that they too wish to continue that tradition .
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The ads continue a NutraSweet celebrity tradition that has included Cher and Lauren Hutton.
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And down on the River Thames, 1,000 oarsman and women continue the rowing tradition at the Wallingford Regatta.
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Of all the styles it is the most laborious and there are few professionals able or willing to continue the tradition .
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Augustine, in all essentials continued the tradition .
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They simply continue a tradition established by Arthur Liberty, the firm's Victorian founder.
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In 1961, Harry's grandson Bobby continued the family tradition by winning on Nicolaus Silver.
establish
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The fact that Stein established a tradition of building pianos without checks requires an explanation.
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In my family, we established traditions for talking on long drives.
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Two schools for the deaf which were opened in the 1900s were both from the start to establish a pure oralist tradition .
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This magnificent abundance established one tradition that we are still struggling to overcome.
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Carville established a tradition of recognizing the War Room employee of the week.
follow
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We have followed that noble tradition over the centuries, and that category certainly exists.
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Scharf says she is following in the tradition of Dinah, who in Diamant's novel became a midwife.
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It will thus follow the path of tradition - and this becomes the vehicle which protects us against deviation.
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But just as the white-ruled states followed different traditions , so would they take different paths.
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A recent discovery has shown that in kindred matters they followed a tradition current in Athens, at least in the fourth century.
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The Tet Offensive followed this tradition .
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In this, they followed a venerable tradition .
keep
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Niece, will keep the family tradition going into next generation.
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But John Sunier and a few others are keeping the tradition alive in the United States.
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It would be nice if some way could be found of keeping this tradition alive in modern society.
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They run to keep alive a tradition started by colonial Brits 58 years ago.
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Must keep up the family tradition you know.
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We have to keep the traditions alive, but we have to make money to survive in society.
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Moreover, whatever their political allegiance, they in fact did their country a favour by keeping the vanguard tradition alive.
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Throughout these changes, the people of Miyako had continued their relaxed lifestyle and kept up a tradition of hospitality.
maintain
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Protestants and Catholics certainly see themselves as different peoples with different histories, and for the most part maintain different cultural traditions .
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At least one House Republican freshman maintains a hoary political tradition by staging town meetings with his constituents.
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If Britain is to maintain its tradition of excellent clinical research adequate support must be provided for the clinical costs of research.
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The Vale of White Horse Hunt maintains a centuries old tradition .
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What mattered were, first, to maintain the tradition of worship in the parish, and second, reconciliation.
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Clearly the News of the World strongly maintained the tradition of the crime broadsheets through most of the twentieth century.
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Drama has maintained its strong tradition , with a major performance each year.
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Unfortunately, the number of cheese-making farms has dwindled and there are now only four or five left to maintain the tradition .
steep
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It's not exactly steeped in tradition is it?
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Craving a meal steeped in tradition ?
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Most parents, and not only black ones, are steeped in their old traditions , the old ways of doing things.
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The staff writers seem to be a conglomeration of music diehards steeped in the traditions of classic rock.
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Deerfield in the late fifties was a conservative school steeped in tradition .
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be steeped in history/tradition/politics etc
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Both are clifftop courses that are steeped in history.
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The area is steeped in history.
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The Hotel has great character and is steeped in history.
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They brought with them a heritage and culture that is steeped in history and literature.
break with tradition/the past
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After a point, you break with the past.
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Although people complained about the volume, the rhythmic concept represented his biggest break with the past.
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Can the break with the past be more vividly described?
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However, the changes were not a complete break with the past.
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She has broken with the past.
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Thinking they were breaking with the past, the early Christians re-enacted it.
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Would there be a total break with the past?
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Yet the plan represents an important break with the past.
break with tradition/the past
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After a point, you break with the past.
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Although people complained about the volume, the rhythmic concept represented his biggest break with the past.
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Can the break with the past be more vividly described?
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However, the changes were not a complete break with the past.
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She has broken with the past.
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Thinking they were breaking with the past, the early Christians re-enacted it.
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Would there be a total break with the past?
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Yet the plan represents an important break with the past.
custodian of tradition/moral values etc
old habits/traditions/customs die hard
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But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
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It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.
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Perhaps because it's an island old customs die hard here.
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Things were going well, but old habits die hard.
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This is an area where old customs die hard.
snow-bound/strike-bound/tradition-bound etc
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a family tradition
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A lot of the old traditions are dying out.
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By tradition , it is the bride's parents who pay for the wedding.
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Every village has its own traditions.
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Indian spiritual traditions
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It's still the tradition here that the eldest son inherits all the family's money and land.
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The region has a tradition of winemaking which goes back to Roman times.
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There is a lot of tradition connected to this school.
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There is great respect for tradition among the older members of the community.
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They come from very different Christian traditions.
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We always go for a long walk on Christmas morning - it's a family tradition .
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Of course that's not to say that tradition doesn't have a place.
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Once claimed, the spots are protected by tradition -- and fear.
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Out of which great religious or philosophical tradition does the call of compassion come to you?
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The great cantors developed their own special variations on the liturgy, largely on the basis of folk tradition .
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There was a long-standing tradition of professionalism, which centred around jockeys and pugilists for the most part.
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There was a place for tradition but it was not here.
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These little creatures are mostly white, in the tradition of the popular white child-like Snowbabies.
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They impose liturgical traditions, organisational structures, communication methods and leadership models which are alien to their environment.