"custom" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Nice story, but like many pat explanations it does not explain why a custom persists against what would be expected long after a supposed cause.
- The customs persisted well into the 20th century, until the medical doctor became more accessible to the public.
- The reason, like the reasons for every- thing else, had been forgotten, but the custom had persisted.
- This custom persisted in England until the 19th century, the town waits playing shawms to mark the hours.
- When long-established customs like this persist for a while alongside industrialization and rising living standards, of course the population is going to increase.
- Pakistan's constitution prohibits this with a penalty of 3 to 10 years of imprisonment but the custom still persists.
- The custom of measuring time by one's shadow has persisted since ancient times.
- As long as the history and the custom persisted, the tribe was secure.
- Likewise, there are regions where more barbaric tribes and customs persist.
- The custom of paying kalïm (bride-price) persists to a limited degree but the transaction is more symbolic than financial.
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