Sentence examples for certain turns from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kendall hit further pay dirt when he noticed that Webster was fond of certain turns of phrase: entering those into databases yielded more writings probably penned by him.

The fact that Amazon once devoted significant space on its site to editorial judgments — to thinking and writing — would be an obscure footnote if not for certain turns in the company's more recent history.

Any quirks the girls have absorbed from their dad (a way of whistling, certain turns of phrase and points of view) are suddenly thrown into relief; Some induce nostalgia, some make me cringe.

In rereading "Underworld," he said that he was sometimes surprised — by the space given to the Bronx storylines ("These are words and phrases and curses meant to be delivered orally … sounds and actions, not alphabetic symbols set down on a page"), by the power of certain turns of phrase, and by the process of rediscovering his own work seventeen years after its publication.

The funeral yesterday afternoon for Brooke Astor, the grande dame of society and philanthropy who died on Monday at 105, was, much like the life of Mrs. Astor herself, marked by moments both warm and reserved, blue-blooded and democratic, earthly and spiritual, generous and, possibly, the slightest bit petty, rigidly executed and — at certain turns — playful.

I was attaining a new power, like a secret weapon … the power to identify a psychopath merely by spotting certain turns of phrase, certain sentence constructions, certain ways of being". Armed with this new power, Ronson decides to field-test it himself.

Results announced as certain turn out to be hard to replicate.

The indispensable individual rises at certain turning points in the history of a country or company.

When a certain turning point is reached, dominant design rules have a pronounced net negative impact on the performance of collaborative architectural innovation projects.

But at certain turning points, times when the company is experiencing some fundamental challenge or change, employees are seeking direction and are relatively receptive to these initiatives.

In all the campaigns, the theme of localism and a kind of populism -along with Republicans who try hard to be for Social Security, aid to farmers and protection of workers - suggests a certain turn away from the politics of conservatism.