This inherent conservatism put the generations of artists who followed Tung in an awkward but interesting spot.

This is only one of the many startling changes to have occurred recently in a country that formerly took pride in its inherent conservatism.

This may partly reflect the inherent conservatism of the publishing world here.

The inherent conservatism of such a system is certainly an obstacle for a leader like Mr. Gorbachev, who wants to alter the status quo dramatically.

This reflects an inherent conservatism and resistance to change in traditional village life.

There is nothing base about this work, if you accept its inherent conservatism.

Maybe it's our inherent conservatism which prevents British companies from becoming too heavily involved in Russia.

The cold war was about the limits of power in a bipolar world; an inherent conservatism inhabited the struggle.

Their unpredictability lies in playing off their inherent conservatism against their dogmatic political outlook.

It was an idea whose time had come a good while back; only the inherent conservatism of the criminal mentality had kept it from coming into being.