Sentence examples for this British wave from inspiring English sources

This British wave has not gone unnoticed.

Statistics are scarce but the number of arrests is undoubtedly lower than it was during the British wave of homophobia in the 1950s.

He also joined the British wave of retro soul, using producers who programmed vintage samples into tracks that wrap some old-fashioned ambience around the mechanization of hip-hop.

Hanging out on the British wave scene!

Thanks to breakout stars like Disclosure, Jesse Ware, and Sampha, this British new wave has begun to lap at the shores of American radio, and Javeon's party-centric approach to soulful pop is a welcome addition.

It makes sense, in a year that saw the triumphant return of Kate Bush – who began producing herself on 1982's The Dreaming – that that trickle should become a (British) wave.

Riding the retro British wave, The Sunken Chip serves all the staples – pickled onions, pickled eggs and mushy peas, all washed down with Vimto, Lilt or dandelion and burdock.

But the allure of British waves is growing for all generations.

Sound like anyone we knew? 4. "Billy Elliot the Musical" (2005) Placards actually do get waved in this British stage musical adaptation of the much-lauded Stephen Daldry/Lee Hall film, which sets the artistic yearnings of the young ballet dancer of the title against the backdrop of the miners' strikes that seared Britain in the mid-1980s.

"I started discovering this after the British electronic wave: in the mid-to-late 2000s when all the labels were really huge.

All this — heavily echoing 1980s British new wave — sets the stage for the frontman, Wesley Eisold, who lands with a sigh: "They said the meek shall inherit the earth/Oh God, that seems like so much work".