Sentence examples for canadian terms from inspiring English sources
One major addition (besides what the preface tantalizingly describes as "more attention to Canadian terms and usage") is a ninety-page section on Grammar and Usage.
What resulted was the midcentury equivalent to "The Jerry Springer Show", which, in Canadian terms, would probably be described as being "mildly irritated".
(The Globe and Mail, putting things in Canadian terms, noted today that when he was captured "Sidney Crosby, less than a year younger than Mr. Khadr, had just finished a stunning 90-plus goal season for Dartmouth Subways, a Midget hockey team").
And it is not actually very far north in Canadian terms: the boreal forest just nudges the edge of the near north, and the far and the extreme north (yes, Canada has a near, far, and extreme north) are much farther beyond.
Similarly, ten years of schooling from Hong Kong are equivalent to 12.4 years when expressed in Canadian terms.
In equation (5), s ¯ i j denotes total years of schooling of immigrant i from country j expressed in equivalent Canadian terms, called "quality-adjusted schooling".
In response, Mr. Day called for increased, but legal, immigration and said one quarter of his 300 parliamentary candidates are "visible minorities," a Canadian term for citizens of non-European origin.
He is the candidate of the New Democratic Party (NDP), one of Canada's three nationwide political parties, in a three-way race to represent his home riding (the Canadian term for an electoral district) of London West.
By grade 11, I'd upgraded to rum and typically drank a "mickey" (this might be a Canadian term but it's a 375mL bottle -- nearly 13 liquid ounces or shots of alcohol) every weekend, to the tune of at least $12.
The senate always takes a more conservative bent than the house, so expect the senate to reconcile the house bill to something even worse, unless... Unless you and I and a hell of a lot more Americans scream our bloody heads off (bloody is a Brit or Canadian term -- you know, countries with real health care for all).
As a result the French Canadian term "Vie Sexuelle" (Sexual life) was adopted.
