Sentence examples for describing English from inspiring English sources

Drakeford said the Welsh government would not dream of describing English patients who visited Welsh hospitals in such terms.

Encouraged by its immediate success, he published Uma Família Inglesa (1868; "An English Family"), a novel describing English society in Porto.

And he bemoans the state of the British literary scene, describing English contemporary poetry as a "claustrophobic echo chamber", which is "self-hypnotised".

In fact, as it now seems to me, the absence of this influence is a limitation on his claim to have been describing English social reality.

For a detailed description of the attributes and values used in proplets for describing English see Hausser (2006; Appendix A3).

Compared with descriptors from other sources, to what extent are CEFR descriptors adaptable in describing English majors' writing proficiency?

Only a few weeks ago he described English education as "mediocre".

He described English family law as "a mess" which had "little to do with fairness or justice".

When people describe English rugby as being in a state of limbo they are correct in more ways than one.

Like most dictionaries many a grammar too, these days it sets out to describe English as it is, not to preach what it ought to be.

Glenys Stacey, Ofqual's chief regulator, described English and English language GCSEs as "seriously flawed" and said the changes would help protect against a repeat of last year's fiasco.