(a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.
Example Sentences:
(1) They may not be Kurds or Kosovans, but they have much in common with Basques, Bretons and Catalans.
(2) He dismisses as "recycling" a pact announced by the prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault – a former Breton mayor – last month to defuse the red caps' protests, providing for €2m of investment in the region.
(3) When Claudie Le Bail joined tens of thousands of Breton "red cap" demonstrators protesting in Carhaix at the end of November to oppose regional job losses and a green tax on road freight, she took her 79-year-old mother with her.
(4) The area is part of a chain of uninhabited barrier islands in the Breton national wildlife refuge.
(5) By 6 May oil was reported as reaching the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana and Freemason Island in the Breton national wildlife refuge .
(6) Tips: Hook a mackerel and fry it for dinner just off the Cabot Trail, and learn to make Acadian potato pancakes for $22pp while savouring the cultural lore of Cape Breton.
(7) It has been highly commended in the Michelin guide and serves Breton food with a strong seafood theme.
(8) An epidemic of hepatitis B occurring in 1988 and 1989 in Cape Breton brought to light the existence of a group of "buddies" who engaged in injection drug use.
(9) 187, 227-232; Mäntele, W., Wollenweber, A., Nabedryk, E., & Breton, J.
(10) The pairing of owners Stephen Toman in the kitchen and Breton Alain Kerloc'h out front brings a superb balance of fine dining on the plate, with a fist-pumpingly rocking atmosphere.
(11) Seafood stalls are loaded with locally caught fish and fruits de mer , and look out for the excellent Breton oysters.
(12) At the foot of the hill lies the contemporary tide line of sex-sleaze – the surrealist André Breton once called it "diamantiferous mud", but nowadays it is all mud and any diamonds are paste.
(13) Earlier this year, a radio announcer in Canada set up a website inviting Americans to move to Cape Breton, population 100,000, should Trump win.
(14) She’s a locavore (where possible, she eats locally produced food) and has been recycling since the 80s, a habit learned from her Breton grandmother.
(15) Concentrations of progesterone and oestrogens were determined by radioimmunoassay in the peripheral blood of 22 Percheron and Breton breed mares from the 6th day of oestrus to the 150th day of pregnancy.
(16) This latter result is in agreement with previous photoselection studies on the same bacterial species (Vermeglio, A., Breton, J., Paillotin, G. and Cogdell, R. (1978) Biochim.
(17) The close linkage between the disease locus and several DNA markers allowed a study of the DNA restriction polymorphism pattern in 30 Breton families.
(18) But his main focus now is preparing for the second act of the revolt with a big congress in March which will formally take up Breton grievances.
(19) We have previously described a monoclonal antibody (FA6-152), obtained by immunizing mice with fetal human erythrocytes [Edelman, Vinci, Villeval, Vainchenker, Henri, Miglierina, Rouger, Reviron, Breton-Gorius, Sureau & Edelman (1986) Blood 67, 56-63].
(20) Delicious crepes and galettes , and Breton cider, are found on other stalls.
Paragraph
Definition:
(n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.
(n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin.
(n.) A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.
(v. t.) To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character /.
(v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.
(v. t.) To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
Example Sentences:
(1) Email a paragraph or two outlining what you would like to share about your job to opinion@theguardian.com with “The secret life of” in the subject line.
(2) Rudd told the commission in his statement – in a paragraph previously redacted – that the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet produced "periodic reports" on the implementation of programs to the cabinet committee and then potentially to the whole of cabinet.
(3) He told the court: “We have been trying at the bar to imagine whether we can think of any other group of legal or natural persons, terrorist suspects, arms dealers, Jews, in respect of whose evidence one might even begin to think that one could tenably say, ‘Well, of course, in looking at this evidence I have been very careful because I know from the past that these people are a bit devious and a bit unworthy, and the only thing they’re really interested in is subverting public health.’ ” Yet last week’s judgment, running to 1,000 paragraphs, confirmed in excoriating detail just how determined big tobacco has been down the decades to achieve precisely this goal.
(4) Before I can ask what's going on, Nikolai launches into a brief speech: "In accordance with paragraph 27 of Russian federal law, you are refused entry to the Russian Federation," he says.
(5) • A paragraph on free schools was removed from this article on 13 December 2012 as the DfE's sample size was too small to be meaningful
(6) Here the editors summarize each author's theme in a brief paragraph.
(7) An experimental letter, consisting of the routine appointment letter plus some paragraphs designed to increase perceived control, was sent to 39 randomly selected patients prior to their first appointment.
(8) In light micrographs of denervated muscles, the total number of fibres appeared to be reduced; however not all fibres could be identified (see paragraph (3)).
(9) The club later confirmed his dismissal in a two-paragraph statement and said that the first-team coach, Kevin Keen, would oversee West Ham's final match of the season next Sunday, at home to Sunderland.
(10) An earlier version said “rate rise” in the fifth paragraph, where “rate cut” was meant.
(11) These are the crucial paragraphs, and forgive me for quoting at length as they are important (emphasis added): In addition, according to the comparative-law data in the Court's possession (see paragraphs 45-48 above), arrangements for restricting the right of convicted prisoners to vote vary considerably from one national legal system to another, particularly as to the need for such restrictions to be ordered by a court… 102.
(12) Deplores the continuing flows of mercenaries into the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and calls upon all Member States to comply strictly with their obligations under paragraph 9 of resolution 1970 (2011) to prevent the provision of armed mercenary personnel to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Ban on flights 17.
(13) Coherent policies in medical research are essential for the best use of resources (paragraph 6).
(14) However, on French insistence, the paragraphs on Arak were put back into brackets, meaning they were open to negotiation again.
(15) Zarif met the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton , on Thursday morning for detailed talks on the current draft agreement, which has disputed paragraphs in brackets, and negotiators said the general atmosphere was positive.
(16) Three short paragraphs were presented to 18 young (means = 27.6 years) and 18 old (means = 67.2 years) female volunteers to evaluate the effects of three types of input conditions on recall.
(17) This study measures the effect of prior information on the students' choice of descriptive words and on a narrative paragraph they wrote after seeing the videotape.
(18) From time to time, Clegg paused to rifle through his notes, as if looking for the one killer paragraph that would make everything OK, make everyone believe that this time it was going to be different.
(19) Requests Member States which are taking action under paragraph 13 above on the high seas to coordinate closely with each other and the Secretary-General and further requests the States concerned to inform the Secretary-General and the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 24 of resolution 1970 (2011) ("the Committee") immediately of measures taken in the exercise of the authority conferred by paragraph 13 above; 15.
(20) At one point the draft Paris agreement contained a paragraph about aviation and shipping (another unregulated industry).