Sentence examples for peculiar practice from inspiring English sources

One peculiar practice of Nashville restaurants is that they often eschew the term "appetizer".

The title "Hellbenders" refers to a Brooklyn-based group of interfaith ministers whose peculiar practice involves racking up sins.

David Hawthorn, the manager of the Angus & Robertson store in central Sydney, Australia, put his employees through peculiar practice maneuvers.

Television work ranged from an ideally confidential storyteller on the BBC children's programme Jackanory to a regular slot on series such as A Very Peculiar Practice and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (he was Mr Prosser) in the 1980s.

Perhaps it will do for its writer, Mark Grimmer, what A Very Peculiar Practice, set in a university medical centre, did for a fresh-faced Andrew Davies back in the 1980s.

But I had no idea that the bloke from A Very Peculiar Practice and New Tricks was his dad, and it turns out that Sam, his brother, is another actor who has recently appeared in the BBC version of Robin Hood.

The focus is on harm reduction, and educational campaigns about the dangers of drugs.In this section The empty-handed social democrat Peculiar practices A majority, sort of Just say yes ReprintsCanadians are divided about the new policy's merits.

Others in the ungainly governing coalition, which includes small populist and leftist parties, are also likely to be awkward.In this section The empty-handed social democrat Peculiar practices A majority, sort of Just say yes ReprintsBut the gravest threat to the government may come from dissidents within Lula's own Workers Partyy.

That is why PRI politicians are refusing to let the matter drop.In this section The empty-handed social democrat Peculiar practices A majority, sort of Just say yes ReprintsMany Mexicans say the real scandal is not the money the parties may have raised on the side, but the huge amounts they are given up front from public funds.

His office slapped down the (supposedly independent) central bank governor, who had warned against any attempt to fix the peso.In this section The empty-handed social democrat Peculiar practices A majority, sort of Just say yes ReprintsIn much of this, Mr Kirchner is simply staking out a tough negotiating position ahead of talks with creditors and with the IMF.

Whereas John F. Kennedy's Catholicism had been a liability in the 1960 presidential campaign, Carter's evangelicalism in 1976 was a curiosity, and secular reporters trekked south to learn about the candidate's peculiar practices: He read Scripture.