Sentence examples for end of continental from inspiring English sources

While the rise of British empiricism, and of Kant's critical philosophy marked the end of continental rationalism as a movement, Leibniz's elegant vision was a fitting paean to the movement and, indeed, to the power of human reason.

The Corps of Engineers already dredges 40 45 million cubic yards of sediment from the delta's numerous navigation channels each year, he says, and the material is discharged off the end of the continental shelf because that's the least expensive method of disposal.

This article reviews the sedimentary and biogeographic history of the tropical siliciclastic Sunda Shelf as an end-member of continental shelves regarding extreme width, an enormous sediment supply, and highest biodiversity in response to rapid sea-level fluctuations.

Britain's decision to leave the European Union might not mark the beginning of the end for continental unity, but that possibility was in the air Friday as Europe's leaders struggled to put the best face on their new reality after the "Brexit" vote.

At least she is not hypocritical in this, for her reaction on finding she was pregnant at the end of a prolonged continental honeymoon had been of utter horror.

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler and her clan, once reckoned to be among Germany's ten richest, ended up owning 75% of Continental, instead of the 50% they wanted, and owing their banks €12 billion.Automotive experts reckon a full merger of Continental and Schaeffler makes little sense.

The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.

The long tonguing loops of end moraines of the continental ice sheet are prominent features north of the Missouri and Ohio rivers some running for hundreds of miles and standing 300 or 400 feet (90 or 120 metres) above the plains.

Stock markets across most of continental Europe also ended little changed.

Cartesianism dominated the intellectual life of continental Europe until the end of the 17th century.

AT HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD GETTING THERE Continental, Delta and El Al fly direct to Tel Aviv from Newark Liberty and Kennedy airports.