Sentence examples for greeted as though from inspiring English sources
Mr. Thompson knew he would have to prove himself to shareholders, but he was taken aback when his debut in Silicon Valley was greeted as though he were a Jackie Robinson breaking the color line of technology industry management.
But rumours of its surreal brilliance spread along the schoolboy grapevine, catchphrases ("And now for something completely different," "Bloody Vikings") began to appear in newspapers, and mildly satirical visual gags, like the Upper-Class Twit of the Year Contest or the Ministry of Silly Walks, were greeted as though they represented mad anarchy.
"But it was greeted as though Southampton had won the Champions League and the FA Cup at the same time - 50- and 60-year-old people standing up and cheering with their arms in the air".
The recent layoff of two-thirds of its workers, reducing its staff to about 50, was not greeted as progress, though EarthShell said many employees were simply being shifted to packagers that planned to make its products.
The court said this explained why, though greeted as national heroes upon their return to Russia, the agents appeared to have collected little valuable intelligence.
As Fellowes made his way upstairs and down he was greeted as "Julian," even though he is technically the Baron Fellowes of West Stafford and should be addressed as Lord Fellowes.
John Sutherland Buy this book at the Guardian bookshop A man arrives in a central European city, where he is greeted as a VIP, though he's not sure why.
Back home in Slovenia, Mr. Humar was greeted as a hero, even though he had been the beneficiary of a daring rescue.
More often than not, though, Rainbow Warrior is greeted as an international treasure.
On Wednesday, economic data bore out the notion that the U.S. economy is weaker than had been thought, though the news was mainly greeted as a sign that inflation would not be a problem in the months ahead.
It attracted no attention at the time from the main newspapers, though when professionally staged five years later it was greeted as "a perfect little masterpiece".
