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Sentence Examples This week Glasgow Caledonian University is making him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. There were shades last week of Paris 1998 as the kilted ones turned Le Marais, with its various Scottish pubs, into a Caledonian quartier. Keegan quashed speculation that he is about to add Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Dennis Haynes to his staff. The Wall was built by the Romans to keep out the wild Caledonian tribes from the North. Worryingly last week, researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University were in danger of fanning the flames. Therefore, the Lewisian rocks from the Assynt terrane of the Caledonian foreland are an unlikely source for any of the sediment. Today's match at Caledonian stadium will be the first time Strachan has managed a team from the stand rather than the dugout. No doubt he steered clear of the back garden view as night fell on Caledonian Stadium. Under a brilliant moon and against the backdrop of Aberdeen Bay, the Freetown Caledonian Society held its first Burns Supper in five years. O'Hagan did not always have such seething contempt for all things Caledonian. The majority of the residents of the Northern Province live in villages, and nearly all these villagers are Kanak, New Caledonian Melanesians. The former controller of BBC Radio Four wants to halt the drain of Caledonian talent dripping away to London in his new role in Scotland. A New Caledonian crow in captivity learned how to bend a piece of straight wire into a hook to probe for food. We stroll along the banks of the River Avich with its waterfalls, through tightly-knit Caledonian forest, roots covered in a deep carpet of moss. Some classic examples are Egyptian vultures, New Caledonian crows and bowerbirds. I wait to see whether an even more venerable Caledonian diver will now come forward. The Caledonian Canal was engineered to provide shipping with a sheltered alternative to voyaging around the stormy Scottish coast. Walk along a river before entering Caledonian pinewoods in one of the most beautiful areas of Scotland. Perhaps there is already a corner of a Caledonian bar being named in his honour. We stroll along the banks of the River Avich and its waterfalls, through tightly-knit Caledonian forest, roots covered in a deep carpet of moss. Show More Sentences It refers to the Caledonian inhabitants of North Briton, what is now modern Scotland. The history of woodland exploitation in Ireland has parallels with the decline of Caledonian native pinewoods in Scotland. Ductile thrusts that were active during the Ordovician-Silurian Caledonian orogeny divide the Moine into a scries of major nappes. Several allochthons were thrust onto the Western Gneiss Complex during the Caledonian orogeny. The two rift sequences were subsequently juxtaposed by displacement on the Sgurr Beag thrust and interfolded during the Caledonian orogeny. The margins of other Early Palaeozoic oceans had their own distinct closure histories and are thus excluded from our Caledonian orogen. In general, basement rocks are exposed in the footwall block, whereas Caledonian nappe units are preserved in the hanging wall. Avalonia drifted rapidly northwards, opening the Rheic ocean until it collided with Laurentia in the Silurian during the Caledonian orogeny. The Dalradian rocks in Arran were initially folded during the Caledonian orogeny into a recumbent structure known as the Aberfoyle synform. The Caledonian orogeny in East Greenland was the result of the collision of Baltica with the margin of Eaurentia. Among those allocated dates this year, apart from local organisations, are an evangelist and a Caledonian Pipe Band. His Caledonian ancestry was reflected in his craggy nose, narrow mouth and wrinkled brow, which gave him the look of a weatherbeaten ghillie. Speak as your mother taught you to do, not as a histrionic eccentric Caledonian! The intrusion is cut by other igneous rocks of uncertain age which could be late Caledonian. D 2 structures and related regional metamorphic assemblages postdate intrusion of the augcn granites and are assumed to be Caledonian in age. Our isotopic results indicate that the dated synkinematic anatectic granites are Caledonian rather than Grenvillian in age. Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland. A casual observer might have noticed they were all drinking pints of Caledonian 80 Shilling, but they were not only there to enjoy the local ale. Barely breaking his stride, Craig Brewster brushes past in the Caledonian stadium tunnel, a surge of purpose. A true getaway with towering mountains and Caledonian pinewoods, this is one of the remotest valleys in Scotland. Show More Sentences Within the Caledonian Moine nappe of NW Scotland there are a number of basement inliers, the largest of which is the Glenelg-Attadale Inlier. In March 2001, the first officer of the cruise ship Caledonian Star saw a wave that chilled his soul. A range of Caledonian magmatic rocks has been intruded into the Moine metasediments, including lamprophyres, appinites, syenites and granites. The western limit of intense Caledonian deformation is defined by the Moine Thrust Zone, beyond which lies the Caledonian foreland. The 1905 Christmas Eve Caledonian dinner was a glorious and enjoyable function. I was hoping to slope away quietly but got caught by one of my Malawian friends who insisted we go down to the Caledonian for yet more grog. These results suggest that Caledonian and Variscan Britain may be associated with a T e that is relatively high compared with the thickness of the crust. The driftwood, which can be anything from 100 to 1,000 years old, is the remains of the ancient Caledonian pine forest, which once cloaked Scotland. The ancient Caledonian Forest once covered the Scottish Highlands. A Devonian CRM is interpreted to be related to hydrothermal fluids associated with Devonian volcanic rocks or to fluids triggered by late stages of the Caledonian orogeny. The remnants of the Scots pine dominated ancient Caledonian forest are the most beautiful temperate woodland I've ever seen and it's full of wild life. The network of local walks is continually developing and our route this week follows a newly signposted section through Caledonian pines that rounds of the walk nicely. Large-scale geological structures including anticlines, synclines, thrusts and faults formed during the Caledonian Orogeny typically trend in a SW-NE direction. The stronghold for many of these species is in the Caledonian pinewoods of Scotland, although colonies are also recorded in the New Forest and Windsor Forest. And for your wedding video, the stirring beat of Caledonian wind and rain mingled with the skirl of pipes will create a soundtrack worthy of Braveheart. Much of the route runs along the towpath adjacent to the Caledonian Canal. As a child growing up in Moray, Caledonian Thistle's manager was nicknamed Pele because of the precocious talent which saw him signed by Manchester United as a 15-year-old. These gneiss complexes contain Caledonian eclogites that attest to the deep burial of these rocks in the over-thickened crust resulting from the Caledonian orogeny. Finally, later workers such as Baird and Rathbone et al. have concluded that the thrust movement occurred after the metamorphic climax, and is Caledonian in age. This monocline is defined by quartzite and must be Caledonian. Show More Sentences In the southern half of the Caledonian orogen, sedimentation in the post-Caledonian continental basins started significantly earlier, in the Mid-Devonian. These basins were interpreted to contain thick Old Red Sandstone sediments and to have resulted from the extensional collapse of thickened Caledonian crust. Basement trends in the Central North Sea are generally characterized by NW-SE and NE-SW faults that parallel the arc of Caledonian and Tornquist lineaments. Together with the Appalachian, Caledonian and Variscan orogens, the Uralian orogeny contributed to the assembly of the late Palaeozoic supercontinent of Pangaea. Subduction must therefore have taken place beneath a microcontinent or an island-arc that later collided with Baltica to produce the early Caledonian Finnmarkian orogeny. Evidence of contact metamorphism of the wall-rock includes andalusite porphyroblasts enclosed in a fabric related to Caledonian nappe emplacement. Much of the route follows the towpath of the Caledonian Canal. We conclude that the Sgurr Beag Thrust, a major tectonic break separating the Morar and Glenfinnan groups of the Moine, is mainly of Neoproterozoic, not Caledonian, age. Although it is interpreted to represent a Caledonian allochthon, it was probably also a part of the western margin of Baltica when the Western Gneiss Complex was formed. For formal dining, Restaurant Caledonian offers a contemporary Scottish menu with locally sourced ingredients prepared with an eye for fresh, unfussy cooking. The nature of the Lower Palaeozoic rocks which crop out in the peninsula therefore hold important evidence for the Caledonian evolution of the area. Unlike other Late Palaeozoic orogens, most notably the Appalachian, Variscan and Caledonian, the Uralide orogen did not undergo major post-orogenic extension. During the 1990s, however, he went abroad again to finish his postgraduate studies at Glasgow Caledonian University. A new website offering pictures of Scottish gravestones to American descendants keen to discover their Caledonian roots has been inundated with inquiries. Virtually the whole of the country was once cloaked in Caledonian woodlands which have mostly been chopped down to make buildings and to accommodate sheep. And while many in Scotland have congratulated themselves on our own business values and standards, there is little room for any Caledonian complacency. I went to Glasgow Caledonian University and got an honours degree in business and joined the company three and a half years ago on the graduate trainee scheme. Scientific research continues on the ecology of the Caledonian Forest and its restoration. Andrew's and Caledonian Society of Vancouver was founded in 1886, the same year as the city. Ferries to Oban, Lochboisdale, Tiree and Eriskay are run by Caledonian MacBrayne. Show More Sentences Traditional examples of such are Black Watch, Caledonian, Hunting Stewart, and Jacobite tartans. Glasgow merged with Caledonian to form a team to be known as Glasgow Caledonian. The deal ended in 1989 when Tennent Caledonian Breweries won the sponsorship rights. Caledonian Sleeper operates services down the length of the West Coast Main Line, providing an overnight service between London and Scotland. Caledonian Sleeper operates two nightly services to Scotland from Sunday to Friday inclusive. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of nineteen managed by Network Rail. Accordingly, the NBR sponsored the Forth Bridge project which would give them a direct link independent of the Caledonian Railway. Since 2006 the company's official name has been CalMac Ferries Ltd although it still operates as Caledonian MacBrayne. Funnels were now painted red with a black top, and a yellow circle at the side of the funnel featuring the red Caledonian lion. In 1990 the ferry business was spun off as a separate company, keeping the Caledonian MacBrayne brand, and shares were issued in the company. In western Norway, these gneisses were again deformed during the Caledonian orogeny ca. Areas of Caledonian deformation, which also include the Precambrian gneisses of western Norway. They used the terms 'Paleotethys', 'Mesotethys', and 'Neotethys' for the Caledonian, Variscan, and Alpine orogenies respectively. Commercial ferry services across the Minch are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. The Caledonian Sleeper is an overnight train service from London to Scottish destinations. The Caledonian Orogen resulted from these events and various others that are part of its peculiar orogenic cycle. The studio is still located on Caledonian Road in North London, in what was once the premises of their fan club office. New Caledonian French is influenced by Kanak languages in its vocabulary and grammatical structure. Locke took a similar approach in planning the Caledonian Railway, from Carlisle to Glasgow. The Wear rises in the east Pennines, an upland area raised up during the Caledonian orogeny. Show More Sentences Bahrain-based Scot Jackie Beedie, Caledonian Society committee member and former chieftain, has been in favour of independence all of his life. New Caledonian crows consume a range of foods, but require tools to extract wood-boring longhorn beetle larvae from their burrows. The Caledonian Canal provided a similar function in the Highlands of Scotland. Some aspects of the Caledonian geosynclines and foreland west of the Baltic Shield. Its celebration in Northern Ireland remains controversial, unlike in Scotland, where bonfires continue to be lit in various Caledonian cities. This event is known as the Caledonian Orogeny, and the Highland Boundary Fault marks this stitching together of continents. Passenger services at Dundee are provided by Abellio ScotRail, CrossCountry, Caledonian Sleeper and Virgin Trains East Coast. We are revitalising our Caledonian and Cornish sleeper services whilst the Germans prepare to surrender all of theirs at the end of this year. Battle casualties were estimated by Tacitus to be about 10,000 on the Caledonian side and 360 on the Roman side. Satisfied with his victory, Agricola extracted hostages from the Caledonian tribes. The Caledonian chariotry charged about on the level plain between the two armies. According to Tacitus, 10,000 Caledonian lives were lost at a cost of only 360 auxiliary troops. Roman scouts were unable to locate the remaining Caledonian forces the next morning. Inverness's Caledonian Canal also runs through the Great Glen connecting Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy. Inverness Caledonian Thistle was formed in 1994 from the merger of two Highland League clubs, Caledonian and Inverness Thistle. The line was built to carry iron ore from the Whitehaven area to Lanarkshire and was financed and operated by the Caledonian Railway of Scotland. The Caledonian orogeny is named for Caledonia, the Latin name for Scotland. Current understanding has it that the Caledonian orogeny encompasses a number of tectonic phases that can laterally be diachronous. The Caledonian orogeny was one of several orogenies that would eventually form the supercontinent Pangaea in the Late Paleozoic era. The basin closed when these Caledonian deformed terranes were accreted again to Laurussia during the Hercynian orogeny. Show More Sentences The area also features an ancient woodland, one of the last major ones of its kind in the British Isles, known as the Caledonian Forest. It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. A number of others such as perch and roach have been introduced in the Loch or Caledonian Canal with various levels of success. The Scots pine formed much of the Caledonian Forest which once covered much of the Scottish Highland. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland, and is the only vertebrate unique to the United Kingdom. It was considered to be possibly a race of either the red crossbill or the parrot crossbill, both of which also occur in the Caledonian Forest. Being a unique ecosystem in the British Isles, the Caledonian Pinewoods are home to some of the country's rarest wildlife. This part of Scotland largely comprises ancient rocks from the Cambrian and Precambrian, which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. The lake was fed by meltwater from the Baltic and from the Caledonian and Scandinavian ice sheets that joined to the north, blocking its exit. Virgin Trains East Coast and the Caledonian Sleeper operate direct trains to London. By 210, Severus' campaigning had made significant gains, despite Caledonian guerrilla tactics and purportedly heavy Roman casualties. The 19th century saw some major new canals such as the Caledonian Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal. Many Caledonian societies were formed, well over 100 by the early twentieth century, who helped maintain Scottish culture and traditions. From the 1860s, these societies organised annual Caledonian Games throughout New Zealand. Some of this uplift was along old lines of weakness left from the Caledonian and Variscan Orogenies long before. However Arriva was subsequently shortlisted for the Greater Western, Crossrail, Caledonian Sleeper and ScotRail franchises. This part of Scotland is largely composed of ancient rocks from the Cambrian and Precambrian periods which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. We have teamed up with Caledonian Travel to offer a chance for one lucky reader to win a 12-day holiday for two to picturesque Lake Garda and the romantic city of Venice. The army command may have resented Domitian's decision to retreat, but to him the Caledonian territories never represented anything more than a loss to the Roman treasury. The ocean disappeared with the Acadian, Caledonian and Taconic orogenies, when these three continents joined to form one big landmass called Euramerica. Show More Sentences Furthermore, the Caledonian Mountains of Europe and parts of the Appalachian Mountains of North America are very similar in structure and lithology. On the west coast of Scotland, Caledonian MacBrayne operate a network calling at 50 ports using a fleet of 31 vessels, 10 of which are 80m or longer. Their main route went from Glasgow down the Firth of Clyde through the Crinan Canal to Oban and Fort William, and on through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness. The Caledonian Railway Company used its name for the Gleneagles Hotel and golf course they built some distance from the glen at the edge of Auchterarder. These woods were a surviving fragment of the ancient Caledonian Forest, in which the oxen abounded at least till 1571 and probably until the building of the new house. In recent years, there has been a growing interest to reintroduce animals which are currently extinct in Great Britain, back into Caledonian pine forests. The agaric fungus Mycena purpureofusca is commonly found in Caledonian pine woods, and it is considered an indicator species for that habitat type. Today, much of the remaining native Caledonian Forest lies within the Cairngorms National Park and remnants of the forest remain at 84 locations across Scotland. The ferry services are run by Caledonian MacBrayne and by Western Ferries and many of the routes are lifeline services for communities living in remote areas. Weaknesses in the Earth's crust created during the Caledonian mountain building phase allowed magma, or molten rock, to flow to the surface through volcanic vents. The service between Dunoon and Gourock in Inverclyde, operated by the Caledonian MacBrayne subsidiary Argyll Ferries is a foot passenger only service. The Caledonian orogeny is named for Caledonia, a Latin name for Scotland. Locks on Caledonian Canal in Fort Augustus, Loch Ness in the background. In the years 139 to 141, conflict with the Caledonian tribes escalated. The ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne routinely flies the Saltire as a Jack on vessels which have a bow staff, including when such vessels are underway. The Caledonian Britons were enemies of the Roman Empire, which was the occupying force then administering most of Great Britain as the Roman province of Britannia. There is little direct evidence of a Caledonian archaeological culture but it is possible to describe the settlements in their territory during their existence. This event is the Caledonian orogeny, a spate of mountain building that stretched from New York State through conjoined Europe and Greenland to Norway. This created some of the large caledonian igneous provinces throughout the Scottish Highlands. Examples from Classical Literature Confound him and his beggarly high cheek-bones, and his Caledonian pock-pits. Here again I brought my self into a premunire with the disputative Caledonian. Once also he advised me to buy Caledonian Deferred, since they were due to rise. Their very mountains seem Caledonian, with a kinder climate. I could have told this discontented Caledonian a different story. Address intended to be recited at the Caledonian Meeting, iii. Their very mountains seemed Caledonian, with a kinder climate. On the mantelpiece stood two large pearl shells, obviously a pair, intricately carved by the patient hands of New Caledonian convicts. Two years later the new club amended their name to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. This island was in that age the luminary of the Caledonian regions. There is a glorious simplicity in his views on Caledonian ethnology. But Robin had become suddenly and maddeningly Caledonian again. To brew the first offering in the series, Newcastle turned to its Edinburgh, Scotland-based sister brewery, Caledonian, to develop a Scotch ale. She's a wild New Caledonian crow, and for the first time, she's seeing a tidbit of meat dangling on a long string tied to a stick. Now instead of solving e-business and website problems she is more likely to be found tending to giant New Caledonian geckos and scorpions. New Caledonian Crows manufacture complex foraging tools because they shape distinct tool designs out of raw material that incorporate hook technology. Edinburgh's Caledonian Brewery can now offer its worldwide customers easy, online ordering thanks to a new bespoke website supplied by internet marketing firm WSI Yorkshire. Alex stayed in the background as Jill, from Paisley, performed with girl band South Beach at Glasgow's Caledonian University Union on Wednesday night. It is being organised by the Bahrain Caledonian Society Awali, and will feature haggis, neeps and tatties, live music, guest speakers and some traditional Scottish dancing. Find more words! 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