Sentence examples for on continental from inspiring English sources

"There had never been an attack on continental US before.

Mr Brown's reluctance to set foot on continental soil baffles and frustrates the French.

They are rare on continental margins that have extremely steep continental slopes or escarpments.

Inland water ecosystem, complex of living organisms in free water on continental landmasses.

Certainly, families on continental holidays are rejoicing at the extra spending a mightier pound provides.

Trawlers working on continental slopes alone cover about half the area of the United States.

Biogeography is "big picture" stuff: journeys through deep time, on continental scales.

It was great to be on continental United States soil again".

Occasionally he played on continental Europe for Arsenal, travelling by car and train as far as Sweden.

This is occurring, the authors say, not just on relatively shallow continental shelves, but on continental slopes as well.

Osborne places much of the blame on continental Europe, Britain's biggest trading partner, but that's a lame excuse.