Sentence examples for fractured by time from inspiring English sources

At times Cronin's prose is clotted – the history of sport is "a complex narrative of non-lineal changes that were constantly fractured by time and place"- and he can be somewhat preachy.

The relationship between Abramovich and Mourinho had fractured by the time he left Chelsea but has been repaired over time to such an extent that the Russian now feels comfortable enough to be reunited - and his reappointed manager feels happy enough to accept his offer.

"Billy Elliot" was, among other things, a study in economic desperation and how families can be fractured by hard times.

After Bin Laden's death, some intelligence officials saw a cadre of Libyan operatives as poised to assume greater control inside Al Qaeda, which at times has been fractured by cultural rivalries.

Kaplický's life was fractured by war and totalitarianism.

And how the community had been fractured by bickering.

Others serve to help mend relationships fractured by divorce.

The suspended Escherichia coli were fractured four times by a FRENCH® pressure cell press (Ohtake Works, Co ., and Triton-X 100 was added to a final concentration of 1%.

Although the initial intention had been to fix this distal fracture, by the time the patient had their pre-operative reassessment, their CT and an appropriate slot was available in the operating theatre, 6 weeks later.

For each case, five controls with no history of hip fracture by the time of the index date of their corresponding case were selected, matched by the same age and calendar year of enrolment in BIFAP.

But in a fractured and uncertain time, the natural confidence of metrosexuality has been replaced by something far more flagrant.