11.   Defenders of the ritual, who range from intellectuals in the capital to illiterate, displaced women, talk of preserving a tradition against an onslaught of alien cultures.

12.   Each group, however, has distinct traditions determinedly preserved.

13.   His works preserve a tradition, and they also turn it into something else.

14.   Now that tradition is preserved.

15.   Preserve the traditions of single-seat, open-wheeled, oval-track racing in the United States.

16.   Preserving the tradition of the Day of the Dead ensures that, someday, your family and friends will remember you.

17.   Republican sponsors said the measure was aimed at preventing homosexuals from obtaining federal spousal benefits and in preserving the tradition of heterosexual marriage.

18.   Some old-time farmers believe that the best way to protect the wetlands is not with fences and rules but by preserving the traditions of rustic country life.

19.   The cutbacks touched off a national outcry and provoked debates over how to preserve the tradition of the German kur.

20.   The schools that do not like the idea want to preserve the tradition that every football team plays every conference opponent.