Sentence examples for continental in from inspiring English sources

The crust underlying the plateau, although relatively thin and veneered by flat-lying marine sediments, is otherwise continental in character.

In an effort to reinvigorate the debate, Connor has chosen to go continental in his transfer policy.

In Light, we get not one but two love stories, both intense, continental in extent and abrupt in their termination.

The islands of the western region including the Aleutians, the Kurils, the Ryukyus, Taiwan, the Malay Archipelago (including New Guinea), and New Zealand are continental in character.

Abstract thought is seen as suspiciously continental in a land that has a whole lexicon for deriding "eggheads" in "ivory towers" who are "too clever by half".

Overseen by Mr. Roth, who is also from Germany, Wölffer Estate wines are often described as continental in style, richly fruity without being excessively sweet.

The climate in Ontario is humid continental in the south and subarctic in the north.

"We're going to America to make our first inter-continental in January [and we're] making another film next week.

It was a relief to get to our hotel, the Presidente Inter-Continental, in a serene botanical setting in the southwestern part of the island.

We need to be realistic that the new terrorist threat - multi-continental in its reach, multi-dimensional in its operation - has changed the rules of the game - and so changed how we need to protect ourselves against it.

The Hotel Inter-Continental in Hong Kong also features jet-lag relief and stress-buster treatments that it says are geared toward international business travelers, about half of whom are based in the United States.