Sentence examples for carte to from inspiring English sources
Chief Executive Steve Jobs Steve Jobs has often been heard to say that "people want to own their music," likening the sale of per-song downloads what the music industry often calls "a la carte"–to traditional sales of music CDs and records.
After all, he pointed out, the French, who invented both the restaurant and the menu, use the same word, carte, to mean both map and menu.
Other fried options include clam strips, oysters, scallops and fish and chips (ranging from $9.80 à la carte to $16.95 with fries and slaw).
Fairfax, like most of the D.C. area's districts, offers online courses that students take a la carte to catch up, get ahead or resolve schedule conflicts.
Some preparations were better than others, and we preferred ordering à la carte to tucking into the buffet, but it would be hard to find a piece of seafood that didn't taste fresh.
There's a classic, French-accented prix fixe at lunch (three courses for £25: cromesquis and crépinettes and cassoulets), but we order à la carte, to put Bonwick through his paces, and also because prices are (for this part of the world) eminently reasonable.
It gave panelists access to data, and carte blanche to talk to employees.
What could be more appropriate than a jeu de cartes to ignite a Matisse-Picasso show?
They were cheap and easy to make, and people who had their pictures taken handed out cartes to loved ones and friends.
Students can pluck their classes at Bay a-la-carte to line up with those local business needs, or, armed with the 2-year community college degree, they can transfer their credits to nearby 4-year Michigan Tech, where they'll spend 2 more years studying more advanced robotics engineering concepts, and graduate with a bachelor's degree.
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of movies and TV "My legislation aims to enable the ultimate a la carte -- to give consumers the ability to watch the programming they want to watch, when they want to watch it, how they want to watch it, and pay only for what they actually watch," he said in a statement unveiling the bill.
