Sentence examples for full occasion from inspiring English sources

Keeping his ships together, Cornwallis ordered Bellerophon to take up position at the head of his line, later explaining that "The Bellerophon I was glad to keep in some measure as a reserve, having reason at first to suppose there would be full occasion for the utmost exertions of us all .

If we have eaten well, our hearts and bellies full, the occasion will be bittersweet.

The Russians were mostly old and used to being ignored, so this visit by Sharon to their desert outpost was a full-dress occasion; the men had pinned to their suit jackets the medals they won in the Second World War, and the women, thick-legged matrons with gold teeth and rheumy eyes, carried their best purses.

The other 364 days of the year are just as chock full of occasions where surrealism and silliness are the dresscode norm.

Grand, full-dress occasions such as retrospectives make it difficult to concentrate on individual works, which is what we need to do with Newman's paintings.

But this is no traditional Japanese occasion, full of bows and elaborate protocol.

Larry has become Lana and wears dresses to work and, on occasion, full make-up.

St Paul's has a capacity of 2,300 people and is expected to be full for the occasion.

It was a perfectly nice occasion, full of jolly people who had dropped by for a drink.

Mr. Horowitz tells the writer why he picked this concerto, how he once helped his friend Rachmaninoff cut it, and why he was playing it in full on this occasion.

In "Losing Ground," Sara, a professor of philosophy, goes to her mother for counsel, and also finds unlikely solace in her students, who soak up her charming yet serious intellect, calling her, on more than one occasion, "full of life".