Sentence examples for rather continental from inspiring English sources

I like our arched stone porch - rather continental - and the Chinese bedheads.

The climate of the region is rather continental, with warm and sunny weather prevailing from May to October.

On tour, Rob shows me along dark corridors clad in vintage photos to a little treatment room (why didn't I book a massage?) and something called the Game Bar, unoccupied tonight but with its tiling and view of the kitchen's grill it feels rather continental.

Prying his eyes from the art girls, Mr. Wolfe zeroed in on Castelli himself, nailing him in a few casual strokes: "Leo is the eternal Continental diplomat, with a Louis-salon accent that is no longer Italian; rather, Continental.

Why has most of this capital been absorbed by America and, to a lesser extent, other Anglo-Saxon economies such as Britain, rather than continental Europe?

Britain's banking system, because it has mirrored more closely American rather than continental European practice, has faced far deeper problems than the financial institutions of the eurozone, with the possible exception of those of Ireland.

Mr Trichet implied that global finance would be at risk in the absence of action, and he added that European rescue efforts would be national, rather than continental, affairs.

As the extended Nelder design observes tree growth reactions along both a gradient of competition (in terms of tree stand area) and a gradient of environmental conditions (from mild atlantic climate to temperate, and to rather harsh continental climate) it may contribute to understanding how the balance between facilitation and competition is modified by the prevailing site conditions.

It suggests that the infection might have one source, and might be a regional problem rather than a continental one.

The concept of seeing energy in a global context rather than a continental one can be sold," Mr. Evans said.

Unfortunately, this has been replaced by the practice of using the word "mainland" to refer to Britain rather than to continental Europe.