Sentence examples for English notion from inspiring English sources

Another theory posits that players competing for the "love" of the game had "nothing" to lose, though Shine and Bud Collins in his book "History of Tennis" noted that this English notion may have roots on the Continent too.

"Manhandled in a way completely foreign to English notion" was how the Guardian reported Manchester United being kicked from penalty box to post as the Spanish side elbowed their way to victory in the first leg of the European Cup semi-final.

To clear it up now (some hope), neeps is a dish of diced or mashed swede - I suspect references to "bashed neeps" come from an English notion - which are referred to in Scotland - and many parts of the north - as turnips.

There's a kind of English notion of sexuality that I wish we could get away from, it's Benny Hill, it's page 3 …" Despite the magazine's assertion that "it's only a bit of fun" there's an atmosphere of bullying peculiar to public schools about the whole thing.

$16.95 When the explorers came to Australia, the continent made a mockery of their English notions.

I've never given much thought to the difference between English notions of propriety and Dutch notions of propriety.

In England European ideas about Chinese philosophy were joined with English notions about the sublime, the romantic, and the "natural" to produce the English, or Anglo-Chinese, garden.

By Macy Halford September 17, 2009 I've never given much thought to the difference between English notions of propriety and Dutch notions of propriety.

But Parr's rich archive – much preoccupied with English notions of class and leisure – contains many captivating moments.

This concept is similar to the English Law notion that the graver the consequences of the decision, the commensurately greater the level of competence that is required to make it.

Q: Turning to the issue of global spread of the English language, notions such as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) (Jenkins 2000, 2003 ; Seidlhofer 2001 ), English as an International Language (EIL) (McKay 2002 ; Sharifian 2009 ; Smith 1983 ), World Englishes (WEs) (Kachru 1985 , 1986 2003 ; Kachru & Nelson 1996 ) and English as a Global Language (Crystal 2003 ) have been met with mixed reactions.