Sentence examples for by continental from inspiring English sources

Its red tape remains notorious, even by continental European standards.

These mountains were created by continental collisions that eventually eliminated the sea.

"The rock has been sort of brutalized by continental collisions," Mr. Stumm said.

A Mediterranean climate, modified by continental influences, prevails; temperatures increase east to west and north to south.

(Poor Daisy Miller is poisoned by continental sophistication, but when her spiritual descendants go abroad it's Europe that suffers).

Even then, Lord Leathers, minister of war transport, warned against motorway "enthusiasts who are perhaps unduly influenced by continental analogies".

In this ice-free world, sea-level changes were caused by continental drift, altering the volume of ocean basins.

Mite harvestmen evolved long before Pangea broke up and have been carried along by continental drift ever since.

Similarly, the breakup of Pangea is documented by continental-rifting events that began about 200 million years ago.

Instead it's a land inhabited by continental-style bars and cafes, with a cuisine that's largely Asian, Mediterranean or Japanese and a decor dictated by Ikea-chic.

Particularly, molecular dating techniques have revealed divergence times that are too young to be explained by continental-drift vicariance.