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In Asian culture it's customary to take one's shoes off before entering a house or temple.
It's customary for waiters and waitresses to introduce themselves using only their first names.
It is no longer customary.
Now we'll examine the code in detail, in our customary fashion.
In Russia, it is customary to remove your shoes when entering a home. Guests will be typically offered slippers.
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Since when is it customary among Burgundians to give the King's daughter in marriage to a vassal?
It isn't customary to ask for salutes here. But I'll tell you what we'll do.
It's customary up here, Mrs. Blake, for everybody to pitch in and do their share.
It's customary for the wife to bring suit.
It is customary for His Majesty's soldiers, if I may call you that without maligning my sense of proportion, to observe the rules of civilized warfare.
Dear Senator, it may be customary on the prairie to not show up for five hours.
Is that customary?
You see, excuse me, you see, the customary procedure is to approach the parents of the young lady first.
Well, I'll go powder my nose tell our hostess a customary lie and be right back.
This is the customary roundup of refugees, liberals and beautiful girls for Mr. Renault, the prefect of police.
I shall prove the inconsistency of that remark by repairing to my customary retreat unassisted.
But it's customary for him to give a bill of sale?
Was that customary with him?
Yes. That is customary.
That's customary.
It's kind of customary to know the bride, isn't it?
It is customary under these circumstances to have photographers present, a couple of reporters and even newsreels and broadcasting machinery.
This is the customary roundup of refugees, liberals and beautiful girls for Mr. renault, the prefect of police.
I shall prove the contrary by retiring to my customary retreat, unassisted.
Well, then, it's usually customary to bring the money with you.
Customary.
That is the customary method I believe.
It's not customary.
It's customary, I believe, to drink to a bride's health.
It isn't customary to ask for salutes here.
Is it customary for an artist to purchase the wardrobe of his model?
That's not right. Ten percent is customary.
This is the customary roundup of refugees, liberals and, of course, a beautiful young girl for Renault, the prefect of police.
And personally, I think a chicken is as good a reason for murder as a blonde, a mattress full of dollar bills, or any of the customary, unimaginative reasons.
I'll report further when I visit the Grahams Home for the customary inspection next week.
The people would lead their customary lives. but every day when they awoke. it would be a hundred years later.
I think it's customary to take a preliminary vote.
It's customary.
A customary weapon.
News and current affairs
US diplomats were stripped of customary privileges.
Successive Indonesian governments headed by Presidents Habibie, Abdulrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri all welcomed the Chinese to play their customary leading role in business.
But the flip side of the cash nexus is the freedom and self-determination that comes from overturning customary social relations such as slavery and serfdom, which totally subordinated the individual to the will of a master.
As Hatoyama could not keep his promise to safeguard the interests of the Okinawan people, he followed up with a customary resignation.
To mark the anniversary, it is customary for the Czech president to speak at public gatherings.
VIENNA - As is customary at the start of a new year, imposing statistics and trend forecasts are being trumpeted worldwide.
As is customary, many Russian businessmen pledged their shares to borrow money for stock purchases.
But, because China has ratified UNCLOS and the US respects it as customary international law, there is a basis for serious direct negotiation over clarification of the ambiguous nine-dashed line and the preservation of freedom of the seas.
Customary inflation forecasts and economic analysis alone are not a sufficient basis for monetary policy decisions.
Holmes accepted defeat with his customary grace.
The customary procedure is that the victim's family gets to kill someone from the perpetrator's sub-clan.
It is customary to link Africa's failures to slavery and colonization, and no one can deny such claims.
This is a central part of Israel's policy, in flat defiance of international law and customary norms of civilized behavior.
But a lasting solution is nowhere in sight, because Russian forces, in blatant breach of that agreement - and of international customary law - remain in many parts of Georgia beyond Abkhazia and South Ossetia.