The people changed, but not the rules, rights, and customs.

If you succeed here, Iraq could change the habits and customs of the people in the whole area.

Eagle Creek Smith had at last reached the point where he must face new conditions and change established customs.

Then again, different approaches to changing local customs in Africa have been tried across centuries.

Many developing nations also resent any pressure to change traditional customs or interfere with their own programs.

Also, asking people to change customs, traditions and behaviors can prove a difficult task.

On the streets of Manhattan yesterday, people changed their costumes and customs out of deference to the cold.

Over the centuries of their colony's existence, the Greenlanders followed and adopted changing European customs in detail.

But this would be insufficient reason to change long-standing customs and policies.

Harald also sought to change Danish legal customs.