Sentence examples for occasion long from inspiring English sources

On that occasion, long before the invention of the telescope, the phenomenon went unnoticed.

There was time for a late lunch, and on this occasion long lines would not prevent me from hitting the next campus classic, Hoagie Haven.

There are many disciplines within the world of competitive mountain biking, including the terrifying downhill event, where riders hurtle down cliffs or, on occasion, long stretches of steep urban streets.

I once had occasion — long ago, at a reception after a speech by Justice Anthony Scalia — to ask Justice Scalia what would happen if an amendment changing the composition of the Senate were ever passed.

Twain seemed to defend himself against this flirtation, much-examined by recent biographers, both by constructing on occasion long tributes to his wife's unblemished character and beauty, and by successively signing over control of his estate to Lyon and her feckless husband (a decision he spent much of his final year trying to overturn).

The movie gives Gettys a different revenge; namely, exposing Kane's "love nest" — which was something that also happened to Hearst, but on another occasion, long after he had abandoned his political ambitions, when his Los Angeles Examiner was attacking the Los Angeles Times, and the Times used his own tactics against him by bringing up his "double life" and his "love nest" with Marion Davies.

I have on more than one occasion longed for a different way of making a living, a hope that I understand now is entirely in vain, as it is my only marketable ability.

Calculation of the pzfc involves, in occasions, long extrapolations that lead us to the introduction of the concept of potential of zero extrapolated charge (pzec).

In other places, examinations of the not-so-distant past have occasioned long bouts of municipal soul-searching.

If you were at the square, or if you watch the footage, you can see, on the rare occasions long shots were used, that the square was mostly empty.

A haven from the bustle of Shaftesbury Avenue, the place is bright, swishy and cool, with long wooden slats fencing off the staircase (there's an upper floor for more formal occasions), long dangling gold lights, and immaculate white tiles around the open-view kitchen.