Sentence examples for back continental from inspiring English sources
The main thing holding back continental Europe is that it is a lousy place to start a new company.
In last week's Guardian puzzle by Picaroon (you can Meet the Setter here), many clues referred to eighteen down … 18d Back continental way: tolerant, embracing a unionist (8) [ a word for a road ("way") in a continental language, spelled backwards + synonym for "tolerant" around ("embracing") A ] [ RUE backwards + OPEN around A ] … that is, EUROPEAN.
Hartley, living in Berlin, was Stieglitz's reporter on the ground during World War I, sending back Continental art news along with paintings composed of erotic and militaristic emblems.
Spain entered the tournament as the defending European and World Cup champion and is trying to become the first European team to win back-to-back continental titles.
When he outlined his vision for the bank in February, after taking the helm following Bob Diamond's departure, Jenkins outlined plans to cut 3,700 roles as it pulled back from continental Europe to focus on the UK, US and Asia.
Deported to Britain in 1923, he worked for a time as a servant for a London barrister and travelled back to continental Europe before returning permanently to London in 1928.
Despite its full-throated associations with Britishness, the pound traces its origins back to continental Europe.
Jenkins will focus investment in Britain, the United States and Africa, and cut back in continental Europe and Asia.
Similarly, diversification of aloes on the Arabian Peninsula resulted from one or more dispersals, as well as vicariance and peripheral isolation, with no evidence of dispersal back to continental Africa.
Perhaps we should indeed be wary of turning our backs on continental values when it comes to the referendum.
Local banks grew up to raise capital for the small companies created in Britain's industrial revolution; joint-stock companies thrived when businessmen needed to finance the railways in the 19th century; industrial banks backed new continental European industries; consumer finance helped Americans buy cars and fridges in the early 20th century.
