Sentence examples for sounder part from inspiring English sources

Both parties used, by analogy, the Benedictine rule, which stated that in the case of a double election for abbot, the valid election was the one made by "the sounder part" (sanior pars) of the electors – but there was no consensus which part of the College was "sounder" in this case.

In 1965 we found those records strange but now they sound part of our multicultural society.

Suddenly everyone was speaking a language that sounded part Scottish, part African.

Growing up together in Tehran, they had found a sound: part punk, part garage rock, part their own invention.

This is a sound part of any broad energy strategy as long as it balances energy needs with environmental protection.

"I used to sing in the borscht belt," she said in a tone that sounds part canine.

After releasing the corner angle and cutting off some portion of the sharp corner, a sound part without wrinkles was achieved and the optimum die shape was determined.

It's a triumphant, almost transcendental sound, part of a rehearsal a few days ahead of this evening's opening night of the Proms.

Depressing as they look, those coniferous relics of this Christmas past may be the most environmentally sound part of the holidays.

But with the lightest of touches, he tapped the tuned metal to produce a mellifluous ringing percussion sound - part steel-drum, part African udu.

A cheerful, no-frills woman who sounds part Middle West, part Middle Europe, Ms. Principe is clearly awed by the recovery of a past she never knew existed.