Sentence examples for passage which in from inspiring English sources

The theory of the open polar sea made credible the quest for the Northwest Passage, which, in turn, gave England a new way to assert its naval prowess and its national identity.

The newest paper also softens the sense of obligation on governments by referring to a "set of possible measures," and weakens a passage which, in earlier drafts, called for a review of wage-setting arrangements.

There was even the Spencer Tracy movie about the French and Indian War, "Northwest Passage" (which, in combination with Michael Mann's splendid "Last of the Mohicans," means there have been more good movies about that conflict than about the War for Independence).

'Successful Italian businessmen come from cement,' says Saviano. 'Before transforming themselves into fashion models, managers, financial sharks and owners of newspapers and yachts, before all this and under all this lies cement.' The English translation, for some baffling reason, castrates the climax to this passage, which in Italian reads: cemento armato - armed cement.

The first was the Middle Passage, which in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries took people from Africa to North America.

The cast, including Jon Hamm, January Jones, and Christina Hendricks, were all on hand for the Wall Street rite of passage, which in the past has seen the likes of everyone from fashion designer Michael Kors to the rowdy cast of "The Jersey Shore".

-- punctuated by what the husband himself calls "short blinding passages," which in this book consist of moments of almost unbearable poignancy.

He was comforted by his favorite Bible passage, which says in part, "when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance".

Somehow I have never loved a woman," Hallward tells Dorian, in one passage which was changed.

There are a few interesting points in this passage, which we've emphasized.

Yes, it was the most tepid word in that passage which caught my eye: interventions.