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His symphonic scores revisited the motivic and symphonic aesthetic of the 19th century, a move regarded as retrogressive by modernist critics.
While these churches initially viewed gospel music as retrogressive, they were gradually won over.
The laws validated include some of the most retrogressive religious laws, with adverse impacts on women and religious minorities.
An example would be the adoption of legislation that is discriminatory or that is deliberately retrogressive without adequate justification.
This would be retrogressive and would undermine the collegiate outlook of the Governing Council.
It could be interpreted as retrogressive 8 in relation to the current acquis, notably in the light of the case-law of the Court of Justice.
As a rational, liberal-minded sort of bloke, he considers the English class structure to be a piece of antiquated and retrogressive nonsense.
Becke's subsequent work on retrogressive metamorphism led to a deeper understanding of many ancient mountain belts.
He further concluded that the higher rate of reproduction among blacks had a retrogressive effect on evolution.
There is a strong presumption that retrogressive measures taken in relation to the right to social security are prohibited under the Covenant.
As with all other rights in the Covenant, retrogressive measures should in principle not be taken in relation to the right to work.
It also implies that retrogressive measures in relation to the right to education are not permissible without clear justification.
The process may promote exposure of ice at over steepened margins leading to retrogressive slope failure.
Fence removal would have destroyed scientific evidence of possible retrogressive plant succession, shrub seed production, range trend, and zoetic climax conditions.
We're not trying to create the '60s or go for some retrogressive feeling.
A beggarly tribute to all that is retrogressive, stupid, and mean.
As for all other rights in the Covenant, there is a strong presumption that retrogressive measures taken in relation to the right to work are not permissible.
On subjects as basic as women's rights, immigrants' rights, the right to education, the right to accommodation, the right to employment or a decent wage, this Charter is often inadequate and occasionally retrogressive.
Active layer flows and the deeper, retrogressive thaw flows develop in ice-rich, fine-grained sediments and result from the thawing and subsequent flow of water-saturated ground.
Sometimes these failures develop into highly retrogressive flowslides in which the clays and silts are fluidised and flow into river channels forming landslide dams which block the flow of the river causing flooding upstream.
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This is one of the retrogressive measures which are daily occurrences in Russia.
Further than this retrogressive and imitative movement he never seemed to go.
The wisdom tooth seems to be in a state of retrogressive evolution among several populations.
In contrast to this, the two other cases are called retrogressive and degressive mutability.
But he draws no conclusion except that spiritualism is retrogressive.
In Music a retrogressive step in which there is much hope, has been taken.
The ideas, the modes, the surroundings, appeared retrogressive and unmeaning.
But man in himself, essentially, is at once progressive and retrogressive.
He is in fact a representative of retrogressive development.
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