We-ell," he reflects, "the 'single market' is a curious term," as though this were an esoteric matter of semantics.
We waited the required number of years to apply for "naturalization," a curious term suggesting that we were not only stateless but also unnatural.
As for jurisconsults, that curious term is understood to include distinguished academics and practitioners rather than a junior member of the bar who taught part-time.
As the parent of "mixed-race" children - a curious term seeming to question the humanity of one parent - she encountered as much nonsense from the supposedly better-educated as she had in her working-class schools.
Given the availability of terms such as "proves," "indicates," "suggests," or more evocative terms such as "raises the distinct possibility that," why did the USADA decide to use the curious term "consistent with"?
"When you use those things every day, you become curious in terms of how they were made.
In a "non-paper" (a curious Brussels term for a document that is intended to express a view but has no official status) released on April 16th, the 11 FTT countries raised concerns that the tax might increase their own governments' borrowing costs.
It is curious how new terms in science get coined: some terms appeal to the imagination of a large set of people and then a new area starts.
He Jun of Beijing Anbound Information, a consultancy, says some manufacturers report a doubling of road-transport prices.Though laudable on safety grounds, the new law is curious in economic terms, given how worried China's government is about a possible resurgence of inflation.
The case of West Brom and especially the superb results they have picked up recently – beating Manchester United away and a strong Tottenham team at The Hawthorns – is a curious one in terms of how a manager can affect his players' performances so critically and how, in the bigger picture of our national game, we consider and appoint head coaches.
