Sentences with phrase «ancient institution»

Undoubtedly the survival of the Bar, as of other ancient institutions, depends on a mixture of mythology and practical convenience.

In the end, this book reminds us that the presence of Justice Sotomayor on the Supreme Court brings to that ancient institution precisely the sort of diversity it sorely needs.

By the time of her wedding, she came to realize that there is no such thing as an entirely original wedding ceremony: «marriage means stepping into an ancient institution marked by hundreds of temporal particulars,» so your wedding's dearth of originality is no shortcoming.

«What is being proposed here is not a minor social tweak, but a fundamental redefinition of an ancient institution, partly in order to signify the «modern» values of David Cameron's Tories.

When I saw who had written that, my hopes for an intelligent, or at least receptive, government response to the campaign against gay «marriage» then getting under way died within me: those words were written by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and they appeared on the very morning she launched a «consultation» on the government's proposals to enforce a change in the legal definition of this ancient institution.

The Gunnery (never properly referred to as the Gunnery School) is an ancient institution of high repute, so small that the absence of eight students in an eight - oared shell would seriously deplete the student body.

If Britain means anything that might sustain us in a period of international decline, if we have something in us to be proud of, it's not pomp and ceremony, or ancient institutions, or neat streets and tidy buildings.

The House of Lords is an ancient institution creaking its way into the 21st century, and its infrastructure will struggle to cope with this latest influx.

Some are ancient institutions — Boston Latin is as old as Harvard, New York City's Townsend Harris High School has roots in the 1840s — but half of them are creations of the past 30 years.

Marriage is an ancient institution that spreads across the ages.

However, the ancient institution likely predates this date.