Sentence examples for facto guide from inspiring English sources

My friend Iina, a Finn, and our de facto guide, had sold us on the idea of renting a log cabin, with tales of dancing skies, burning saunas and the likelihood that "you'll become infected with Lapland madness, which makes you return again and again".

Free.  EICHLER MICHAEL FINNISSY A de facto guide through the wealth and variety of contemporary music, the Miller Theater's Composer Portraits series tonight features Michael Finnissy, 58, an English pianist who draws on a range of music, from Verdi to Purcell to folk songs, to inform his own exegeses.

MICHAEL FINNISSY A de facto guide through the wealth and variety of contemporary music, the Miller Theater's Composer Portraits series tonight features Michael Finnissy, 58, an English pianist who draws on a range of music, from Verdi to Purcell to folk songs, to inform his own exegeses.

Microsoft and Nokia have also released a 100-page white paper to serve as the de facto guide for Symbian Qt Application Developers interested in learning about Windows Phone.

Fader Magazine, the current de facto guide to cool, recently profiled the university's music scene and the numerous internet buzz bands nurtured by co-ed dorms and naked parties.

(LL Cool J plays the barista and de facto spirit guide).

Its last visitor was on July 23, said Ed Bastien, a park ranger and the memorial's de facto tour guide, and was first cleared by military authorities.

"It's just another reminder that you are not on vacation, and you end up being a de facto tour guide," said Ms. Finkelstein.

You get a helmet of your own and, if you're lucky, a driver named Wesley, who for one great Tuesday morning in early September also served as my de facto tour guide.

They say they were merely practising their faith (which is legally allowed), not preaching it.Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatar-based preacher often described as the de facto spiritual guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has recently kept up a barrage of verbal attacks on the Shias.

Except then the out-of-town family and friends arrive, and I'm hired as a de facto tour guide whether I like it or not.