Sentence examples for was a dramatic departure from inspiring English sources

What have I done?" Capote was a dramatic departure for Hoffman.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in a concurrence in Padilla, said the majority's approach was a "dramatic departure from precedent".

It was a dramatic departure from the position of Thabo Mbeki, his successor and the President at the time, who had dismissed the connection between H.I.V. and AIDS.

In an influential article on Socrates' conception of the soul (one that Lovibond 1991, 35-6, for instance, treats as authoritative concerning the Greek notion of soul), Burnet claimed that when Socrates conceived of the soul as the 'seat' or bearer of wisdom and excellence of character, this was a dramatic departure from the conception of soul embedded in ordinary Greek thought and language.

The new experiment in self-government threatened and angered the monarchies in Europe and was a dramatic departure from custom and tradition.

He has often cited the Beatles' 1965 album "Rubber Soul" as a key inspiration for creating "Pet Sounds," which was a dramatic departure from the hit single-minded Beach Boys albums that preceded it.

This is a dramatic departure: James Bond and George Smiley were hardly regular folk.

Actually, this rule is a dramatic departure from current practice.

How's it look: It's a dramatic departure from the 2013 Lexus IS sedan.

"A class action is a dramatic departure from the normal rules of litigation," he said.

It's a dramatic departure from the way this state has paid its bills before".