Sentence examples for a thoroughness of from inspiring English sources

The purpose of a spiritual practice is not to be done with it and the reward for practice is a thoroughness of being.

Mr. Inskeep didn't make clear what should trigger the suspicions of such oh-so-solidly American parents, causing them to scrutinize an applicant's papers with a thoroughness worthy of Sherlock Holmes.

The nightmare she creates for herself is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen in the cinema: the way scenes will end with bizarre hallucinations and jolts; the "assault" scene played out to the amplified ticking clock; the sudden, giant cracks she imagines on switching on a light – they always creep me out with a thoroughness that run-of-the-mill horror movies never achieve.

Nicolae has gone into the mechanics of capital punishment with a thoroughness that a Governor of Texas might envy.

And there is nothing more serious than being an investigative reporter at The New York Times, a mission that demands the doggedness of a detective and the legal thoroughness of a high court judge.

Mr Smith clearly set about his task with a thoroughness bred into generations of Whitehall civil servants.

Krosnick described optimizing and satisficing as two ends of a continuum of thoroughness of the response process [ 18, 29].

"Imperial Dreams" blends the analytical thoroughness of a documentary with a symbolic and furious dramatic compression; it was unjustly overlooked at the time of its brief release.

Mr. Schumer said he doubted the thoroughness of a rushed review by the bureau, and in a letter to the White House today he said the Saudis appeared to have gotten "a free pass" despite their possible knowledge about the attacks.

One Italian who has watched him for many years says he combines the assurance of a seasoned British aristocrat, gliding through the establishment, with a grand French bureaucrat's sharp and dutiful efficiency and the number-crunching thoroughness of a German Bundesbanker.

The latest revision is particularly vexing, some analysts said, because in February, Jeroen van der Veer, who has since been named chairman of Shell, said in a conference call that the company was confident in the thoroughness of an internal inquiry after the January restatement.