The phrase "a recherche" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misspelling or misinterpretation of "a recherche" which is not a recognized phrase.
Example: "The artist's work is known for its recherche style, blending various influences."
Alternatives: "an elaborate" or "a refined".
This, you might think, looks like a recherche, minor sort of painting, one that happens on the margins, at a tangent to the main event.
Contrary to your assumption, this is not a recherche George Bernard Shaw two-hander, but appears to be a direct reference to one of the aforementioned incidents that saw Richard and Andy part company with Sky.
Christopher Buckley, the author of the 1994 novel "Thank You for Smoking," observed that restaurant smoking has become "a recherche pleasure, and slightly dangerous: you might be asked to leave".
As head of the association, a group of merchants and property owners, Mr. Cusick wouldn't be expected to say otherwise; but he does point out that while many spent the 90's whining about the end of a recherche Fifth Avenue, the decade saw the arrival of a fair number of high-end stores.
The only thing a visa is really any good for is that it gives your passport (more about this later) a recherche look.
Bills of exchange More at home abroad A la recherche des champs perdus Reprints Related items A la recherche des champs perdusAug 21st 1997In recent years, Wallace's reputation in his native land has taken a nose dive scarcely any of his books are still in print.
Proust himself disliked it and everyone appears to agree that "A la recherche du temps perdu" implies not only time "lost" but also time "wasted", while à la recherche signifies something that is quasi-scientific and experimental, distant from the comfortable English "remembering".
There's even a poem by Craig Raine called A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.
But the idea that A la recherche du temps perdu could be distilled scandalised some Proustians.
(Except, Reader, that I never did write my own A la recherche du temps perdu).
Unchanging since the age of 16: Marcel Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu.
