Sentence examples for continental in a from inspiring English sources

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".

William Seidman, chairman of the F.D.I.C., will discuss Continental in a speech Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, according to banking sources there.

When Gordon Bethune and Greg Brenneman took it over and decided they were going to run Continental in a different way -- Q.

Second, Northwest sees its economic stake in Continental rise rapidly and is then allowed to sell most of its stock back to Continental in a transaction that deserves to be called greenmail.

The 552-room Inter-Continental, in a residential neighborhood about a half-mile northwest of downtown, is a blockish nine-story edifice.

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.

The climate is largely continental in character, but a maritime influence is quite evident in Saarland's moderately warm summers and mild winters.

At the time, Continental, engaged in a route war with Southwest, was flying connecting flights between Houston's two airports.

This cold pool stretches almost the length of the continental shelf, in a shifting band from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras.

Though the guest rooms were of more recent vintage, we could at least claim to have eaten a continental breakfast in a Liechtenstein mansion.

British voters have joined their continental neighbours in a collective howl of anguish at Brussels, globalisation and the 21st-century world in general.