Sentence examples for advent of checks from inspiring English sources

For die-hard chromophobes, the worst development, akin to aiming a fully loaded garlic press at a vampire, was the advent of checks and plaids shot with enough colors to make a Liberty print green with envy.

With the advent of online check-in, it became easy to digitally alter a real boarding pass with a different name or new travel date and print a copy that would get through security.

Firstly, I worry that if accurate translation software becomes commercially available in say the form of an Iphone app that the current focus of learning foreign languages in school will fall to the wayside just as spelling has become a low priority since the advent of spell check software.

By the 14th century, Muslims had become a significant minority in the south, though the advent of Portuguese missionaries checked their growth.

The popularity of cycling was checked by the advent of the mass-produced automobile in the 1920s, however.

The advent of a simple chair-side saliva check kit allows to easily monitor patients and to determine the risk of caries and periodontal disease before and during sport treatment.

Before the advent of action movies, thrill-seekers could always check out some history paintings for the kind of visceral excitement now provided by the likes of James Bond and Jason Bourne.

After the advent of models for conditional heteroskedasticity, this simple check has become a standard in applications to financial data.

Still, in a Los Angeles before the Lakers or the Dodgers, before the advent of television and the introduction of million-dollar checks, tennis was among the most popular sports — nowhere more than with the dashing movie crowd.

Mr. Hsu came into the picture with the advent of bundlers, wealthy and well-connected surrogates who can collect stacks of campaign checks from friends, family members and associates.

Since the advent of electronic payments, there has been a clear shift away from cash and checks.