Sentences with phrase «firmly established the tradition»

The middle class started to warm to dogs as pets in the 18th century; but it was the 19th century Victorians who firmly established the tradition, along with many of the breeds we know today.

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The fact is that for every alleged fact discredited, another has been the more firmly established, and the increased confidence with which we can accept certain elements in the tradition more than compensates for doubts cast on other elements.
The two genealogies were too firmly established in the tradition to be discarded or corrected, although they are utterly incompatible with the new belief.
By the time Paul writes 1 Corinthians, it appears that the tradition was firmly established that part of the meal of fellowship between believers included remembering the death of Jesus as symbolized by bread and wine.
Jewish tradition has become firmly established that this miracle of oil, of God's divine providence, is the reason for this eight - day celebration since that time.
The Ghana army has a firmly established ethical and moral code based on the laws and institutions of the State of Ghana, the traditions of the Ghanaian people and democratic principles.
With the tradition now firmly established, I'm very pleased to present for 2013 the top 10 most consulted cases on CanLII.
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