Despite strong influence from the Muslim Brotherhood, many of whose members fled to Qatar from Egypt and Syria in the 1960s and 1970s to serve as teachers and preachers, Qatar's rulers have in practice frowned on organised political Islam.
And while it's still acceptable to drink wine at a business lunch here in London, such indulgence is deeply frowned on even in New York.
Pulling out the 15k RPM card this late in the game would usually be frowned upon, but in the case of NHK, its latest development to spin at 15, 000 revolutions per minute has nothing to do with a hard disk drive.
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Others might be keener to learn whether there are any past relationships, something which can still be frowned upon in India.
There are signs that internal debate, frowned on in the three parties Mr Erbakan has led since 1970, may now be more open.
Revenue and ticket sales set records right through this years' controversial home-run chase, in which so many frowned at steroid-suspect Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record.
Public displays of affection are frowned upon in mainstream society, so at midnight, the only fireworks were in the sky: there was no kissing even among couples.
The poor are forced into a long or permanent bachelorhood, a status widely frowned upon in India, where marriage is deemed essential to becoming a full member of society.
The Catholic church controlled France's schools in the 19th century and frowned on the teaching of science.
They can have physical contact with children - something now frowned upon or forbidden in schools.
And the IRSseems to be tolerating donor-friendly manipulations of charitable trusts it once would have frowned on, such as investing in variable annuities to game the timing of income.
Though popular for a businessman, Sir Richard also has plenty of critics, especially at home in Britain, where relentless self-promotion is still frowned on.
Public touching by tradition is frowned upon, but this prohibition is relaxed in the rugby scrums that form in crowded buses, trains and department stores.
If you are in any doubt as to whether stealing digital goods is frowned upon by the law, take a look at some of the penalties imposed for illegally downloading music.
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Whats funny is that xbox would be even more frowned upon if they had no fee, in reality xbox fans are just paying for the right to feel like they are getting something better than the rest of the consoles.
In a land where the pursuit of pure profit was officially frowned upon, however, shareholders were to a large extent taken for granted.
The sergeant who was acting as my guide studied the crowd outside the clinic, frowned, and said that they could not leave me in this barrio.
The industrial revolution in America was driven by a bourgeois Protestant ethic that celebrated work and frowned on self-indulgence.
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While the frisson of the On-Off relationship can provide sexy drama for a TV series (think of Sam and Diane of Cheers or Carrie and Mr. Big in Sex and the City), in every day life, these relationships are either not taken seriously or are strictly frowned upon.
Among early Christians, the millennialists were those, frowned on by Jerome and Augustine, who wanted to keep alive the excitement of a prophetic creed in the face of an institutionalising state religion.
But such policies are frowned on by the IMF because today's amnesty encourages taxpayers to dispute tomorrow's tax claims in the hope that they can sit it out until the next pardon.
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