Sentence examples for holiday points from inspiring English sources

The example of Ransome, whose 1930 Swallows and Amazons charts the adventures of four siblings who sail off alone in a boat to camp on an island one summer holiday, points up just how removed these adventures are from the experience of contemporary children.

In 2009, the King holiday pointed to how far we had come.

McPeek still has the Florida Derby winner, Harlan's Holiday, pointed toward the first Saturday in May and is considering starting Take Charge Lady for the Derby.

He says he would like to see the Speaker doing more media, but without ending up on Have I Got News For You. 4.13pm: On the summer holiday point, Shepherd says he is worried about the way the government can "lay" a statutory instrument just before the summer recess, allowing it to come into force a few weeks later without it having been scrutinised by MPs.

Alfred Hitchcock once convinced a proper but gullible Swiss matron he was a butcher on holiday, pointing to his enormous stomach as proof.

Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter is prognosticating that the price of the Nintendo Wii will drop to $199 in time for the holidays, pointing out that the console's supply has finally eclipsed its demand.

U.C.L.A. guard Jrue Holiday (8.5 points, 3.5 assists): "He's not a great shooter.

Although Christmas may not be a significant holiday inflection point for Steven Spielberg, it came early this year.

"In the early decades of the 20th century, employees received company-paid recreation holidays," Geppert points out.

Apple shipments via major concerns like FedEx and UPS are said to be 'incredibly high' for the holiday quarter, pointing to a massive number of iPhones and whatever other units Apple announces for the fall season incoming.

The holiday halfway point for Mexican women is Las Posadas, a Latin American tradition that re-creates the search for lodging that Mary and Joseph experienced in Bethlehem and that typically happens during Advent.