Sentence examples for it a touchstone of from inspiring English sources

M.K. Narayanan, Mr Singh's national-security adviser, called it "a touchstone of a transformed bilateral relationship".

The prospect of repetitive consumption is now built into almost everything we buy, and obsolescence has become, as Slade puts it, "a touchstone of the American consciousness".

As the catalyst for the cultural revolution that was rock and roll, he was central not only to defining it as a musical genre but in making it a touchstone of youth culture and rebellious attitude.

Which is precisely why, after nearly 30 years, it remains a touchstone of underground kudos.

No one could resist sticking a finger to the clay, treating it as a touchstone of their time travel.

It became a touchstone of another sort as Dalrymple began to throw dinner parties where a new generation — the artists Elizabeth Peyton and John Currin, the curator Neville Wakefield, the New York gallery owner Gavin Brown, the London dealer Sadie Coles — mingled with an older one, in some measure shaping the social structure of the art scene today.

Verbally and musically, it remains a touchstone of what Broadway used to be able to do.

Respect for the 96 will remain constant, since it has become a touchstone of English football.

In addition, it features Daniel Johnston, a touchstone of the genre, singing "Walking the Cow," an exquisite organ melody with a soulful lyric about the healing effects of walking a cow.

Consequently, it has been a touchstone of the effectiveness for many popular algorithms (e.g., dynamic programming [21], simulated annealing [22], genetic algorithms [23], neural networks [24]) In psychology, it has drawn interest because of the surprisingly good human performance on it.

"Hair" is an interesting case, a show that has retained its musical charm but is so deeply dyed in the sights, sounds and smells of its era that it has also become a touchstone of '60s kitsch.