Sentence examples for bean from inspiring English sources
noun
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seed pods.
On average, we use just 18% to 22% of the coffee bean when we make a cup of coffee but Fairweather says that coffee waste is not "the biggest problem".
There would be really fresh salads and brochettes (kebabs) for lunch, and lavish spreads in the evening, featuring lentil and bean dishes, lamb and apricot tagine, and relishes including a particularly delicious sultana chutney.
Pen pushers, bean counters, faceless bureaucrats, stuffed shirts, spreadsheet monkeys, grey suits … are all terms that I have heard applied to the national health service's finance staff.
We had to do things like going through a hoop, walking along with a bean bag and those type of things.
Sizzle this fermented chilli and broad bean paste gently in oil to extract its flavours, and use as a base for stir-fries and braises.
Heat the oil in a large wok and when hot, add the chilli bean paste.
Local farmers and neighbours still regularly drop off excess produce from their farms and gardens, giving rise to all sorts of things: rhubarb kulfi, gooseberry chutney, Swiss chard saag, wild pheasant curry, rabbit biryani, runner-bean thoran and even Grimsby smoked-fish kedgeree.
Democracy is for the frail elderly who have played their part in building the country, the managerial workers who are earning buckets, the unskilled on a minimum wage, and the yet-to-make-a-bean youngsters who need to believe it's on their side if they are to contribute to it.
We eat our fill of the granola and poached pears for breakfast and for dinner we heartily devour Mexican treats such as bean-filled burritos and fresh guacamole.
"If he listens only to bean-counters and cheerleaders only concerned with abuse of the system, he will fail".
The 2010 Mirrlees Review of British taxation argued that bean-counters could compare the price of similar buildings in different locations, for instance.
