Sentence examples for behind continental from inspiring English sources

(remember that England is one hour behind continental Europe).

Until the 1950s and '60s, however, his idea was rejected by most geologists because he could not describe the driving forces behind continental drift.

Director general of the International Air Transport Association, Tony Tyler, says tough political decisions are needed on airport expansion to prevent the UK from falling behind continental competitors.

Mr Johnson is a Tory but his proposals are explicitly opposed to his party's repeated assurances that no expansion of London's main airports is planned.The mayor argues that Heathrow is falling behind continental airports.

Spared the traumas of foreign occupation or endless wars fought on home territory (25 of the 27 EU member states, all but the UK and Sweden, were occupied by foreign armies and/or domestic dictators in the 20th century), England's political liberties prospered, even if its economic and intellectual development often lagged behind continental neighbours.

That would be remarkable, seeing that it has been lagging behind the continental average of 5%.

British teams do seem to be lagging behind their continental counterparts in this regard, though one team attempting to keep pace with their European cousins is Crystal Palace.

It may be akin to stating that a green light follows amber when pointing out that the Scottish game has lagged, perhaps terminally but certainly meaningfully, behind its continental equivalent.

Let's face it; the days of Flaubert, Gainsbourg and Picasso are a long way behind our continental neighbours.

Let's face it; the days of Flaubert, Gainsbourg, and Picasso are a long way behind our continental neighbors.

"The glory that was Spain is now history," wrote Peter Ball in the Times, as Austria's pace and creativity exposed the visitors and led Ball to conclude that the home nations were falling behind the continentals in most aspects of the game.