Example sentences of "a [adj] tradition [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sub-Minoan tradition in painted pottery lingers long , and is replaced by a very individual form of Protogeometric , the later stages of which show , surprisingly , powerful influence from the East . |
| 2 | Several European countries have a rich tradition of master painters and sculptors and vast collections of works of art have undergone extensive restoration over the centuries . |
| 3 | There is a rich tradition of epidemiological work in geography and with the increasing availability of spatially referenced medical data the scope for GIS applications is wide ( Gatrell 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Macedonian religious and cultural life continued to flourish under the Byzantines , with Greek and Bulgarian influences fusing with the original Slav elements to produce a rich tradition in literature , wall paintings and wood carving . |
| 5 | Rather than develop a peculiarly urban form of housing , housing authorities in this country have preferred on the whole to continue a century-long tradition of suburban housing form . |
| 6 | But , dating back to Biko 's days , the BCM has a strong tradition of ‘ non-collaboration , ’ which means shunning all contact with ‘ collaborators ’ serving in government-established institutions . |
| 7 | Furthermore , there is not a strong tradition of non-formal education within the labour movement in the USA which might ideally be expected to serve as a training ground for working with Highlander . |
| 8 | Hodge Hill had its ghost and a strong tradition of smuggling from the nearby coast . |
| 9 | There is a strong tradition of smuggling , illicit goods being brought from nearby Flookburgh on the coast . |
| 10 | With a strong tradition of over 160 years successful investment performance , Clerical Medical has the experience and knowledge to make your savings produce an excellent balance between profits and security . |
| 11 | In the first place , the left has a strong tradition of defying authority , and smoking fits neatly into this . |
| 12 | Labour may not have been able to maintain control of the municipal sphere for a prolonged period , but it had built a strong tradition of formal political activity which was to form the basis of hegemonic power in the interwar years . |
| 13 | In the Gold Coast , J.H. Brew , Timothy Laing , Casely Hayford , Attoh Ahuma and James Mensah Sarbah founded a strong tradition of political satire that was to last well into the nationalist period . |
| 14 | From Booth onwards , there has been a strong tradition of empirical social research in Britain , much of it concerned with studies of poverty and other matters of social welfare . |
| 15 | Then came France , and now even Spain — which , like other Mediterranean countries , still has a strong tradition of small local shops . |
| 16 | Consequently in Britain there is a strong tradition of investigating the prevalence of ill health and specific medical conditions among older people . |
| 17 | At St Alban 's in the mid-thirteenth century there was a strong tradition of a close relationship between the abbey and the King . |
| 18 | There is a strong tradition of thought which restricts style to those choices which are choices of MANNER rather than MATTER , of EXPRESSION rather than CONTENT . |
| 19 | In Asturias there was a strong tradition of early migration in the poor mountain villages . |
| 20 | This is the more necessary , the Commission believes , at a time when the bias in schools has shifted towards instrumental music and composition , although a fair number of state secondary and senior independent schools continue to maintain a strong tradition of choral singing . |
| 21 | There was a strong tradition of royal service in the Turberville family : Hugh de Turberville had served Edward I with distinction since before his accession . |
| 22 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 23 | The Department of Celtic has a strong tradition of postgraduate research and supervises postgraduate work in all the main branches of Celtic Studies . |
| 24 | Added to this , there is within many authorities , a strong tradition of a culture of secrecy . |
| 25 | In BR there has been a strong tradition of resolving disputes peacefully by negotiation through the various stages of the machinery . |
| 26 | ( Brutus ' family records show that there was a strong tradition of dedicated republicans . ) |
| 27 | There is a strong tradition in the sociological literature which would lead us to expect such a change of direction . |
| 28 | Parents ' evenings/interviews have become such a strong tradition in primary schools that their purpose , content and structure are rarely challenged . |
| 29 | The above quotes demonstrate , above all , that there is a strong tradition in the West to regard human beings as innately aggressive in our psychic make-up and , resulting from this , violent in our behaviour . |
| 30 | There is a strong tradition in philosophy which holds that we start from knowledge of our own sensory states and build up from there . |