Sentence examples for oracle from inspiring English sources

From the sub-prime mortgage collapse in America to the subsequent credit crunch and on to the global recession, the Beeb's business editor has sounded like an oracle of doom.

As the oracle said, the beginning of wisdom is: know thyself.

That oracle of trend-spotting, Vanity Fair, has had to coin a new word to capture the phenomenon: "Enfantrepreneurs".They want opportunity more than money and security.

More important, it could also take hundreds of thousands of votes from the mainstream parties, making the outcome fiendishly unpredictable.In this section The people's army Enjoy it while it lasts The oracle of Holyrood Garage music Dominating the field Pride and prejudice Quality, not quantity Ed's toast ReprintsNone of the mainstreamers fared well in the recently concluded polls.

The argument is mind-bending – as with most patents rows – but could lead to Google or handset makers (or both) being forced to pay Oracle a fee for every Android handset sold, which would be a serious problem as the platform has begun to take off in the US and worldwide.

Kevin Avison, executive officer of the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship in the UK, says that when he was teaching near Reading, "nearly 50% of parents of children in the class worked at Oracle or other hi-tech computer companies".

Some 270 businesses, including law firm Pinsent Masons, Reed Recruitment, Ocado and Oracle, and four major power companies, have so far pledged their support, as well as nine councils, 42 schools and 125 other organisations, such as the thinktank Demos.

But on Q&A, Pearson made plain his oracle-like belief "there will not be a change" of government.