Sentence examples for based on old school from inspiring English sources

As for nepotism, it would be healthier for corporate Britain if the executive gene pool was bigger, but the Mars/Asda part of the pond is not too reprehensible: it is not based on old school ties and even features some very able women, including Sara Weller at Argos and Asda's finance director Judith McKenna.

With skate park construction proliferating around the country, ESPN was inspired to build a 100-by-70-foot 100-by-70-foot 100-by-70-foot 100-by-70-foot designs, for last year's Games.

What do you do when your political brand is based on old-school competence, but you literally can't keep the trains running on time?

In the 2005-6 school year, teachers at eight Maryland schools taught lessons based on old Disney cartoons as part of a Comics in the Classroom pilot program.

But she conceded that the report was based on old data and that her staff had not visited each school to check current conditions.

Despite his lack of formal schooling he invented three languages for his characters of dwarves, elves and humanoids, some based on Old Norse, some from scratch.

Were they based on "old chants"?

Mr. Kamil's reporting effort was based on his old school ties, but were clearly disclosed in the article and undoubtedly made it easier for him to connect with the 60 former students and 15 former or current faculty members he spoke with for the article.

Śrāvaka) schools based on older Buddhist sources (the Vaibhāṣika and Sautrāntika), Yogācāra schools following Asaṅga and Dignāga/Dharmakīrti, and non-Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka schools following Bhavaviveka and Śāntarakṣita.

The academies that continue to produce young players strong enough to take their chances, such as Southampton, are those based on more "old-school" values.

Cox's bike is "based on an old-school three-wheeled, two wheels at the front Miami ice-cream bike... the fact that there is a big box on the front means things can be hidden in there – a 12-volt battery powering the music system, fluoro lighting and a coffee machine".