Sentences with phrase «few people in the town»

A few people in the town took issue with the practice, and the case has been boiling ever since, with both sides saying their religious rights are on the line.

My choice of locale didn't make it any easier, either; I moved much of the way across the country and away from family and, although I know a few people in this town, I have no close friends here.

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Barrel bombs filled with chlorine gas were also reportedly dropped on Sunday in the town of Saraqeb, a few miles from Maasran, which injured at least nine people.

A swathe of small towns across middle America will be rolling out the red carpet for people clamoring to see the total solar eclipse on August 21 — the first coast - to - coast total solar eclipse in the U.S. since 1918 — only visible from a few places.

There would be nothing left for people to do here,» he said in one of the town's few cafes, explaining that the private firm he now works at also depends on the plant.

Groups is very simple: For $ 65 a week, it offers group therapy in areas plagued by opioid addiction — targeting towns with fewer than 10,000 residents and little access to recovery programs — so people at different stages of recovery can learn from one another.

A California town was selling parcels using a «lottery» process in an attempt to skirt the Constltution, and some atheists ganged up and got a majority of parcels and didn't use them in order to keep them out of the hands of the Nativity scene people who only got a few.

We have an Assembly church here in town — a mega church — and very few people know the pastor is a 5 - point Calvinist, because the Assemblies of God denomination is traditionally Arminian.

If possible, maybe you could even find a few other people in town who will want to take the class together, and then you can all meet and talk about what you are learning in the online Bible college course.

After a few days however, they both get alarmed, and she persuades him to go see a person in town who knows about such things.

Lilacs tipped with light purple blooms still grace the side streets of small towns throughout the American Midwest, but as Lauck recognizes in an elegiac epilogue, fewer and fewer people live there.

Here are a few of the stories I have heard from homeless people in my town as I spent Easter Sunday among them:

I am confident Jesus would want everyone to be well and thriving, but for those that have read the New Testament, you will know that few people in his home town were healed because they didn't believe in Him.

In fact, when we understand how God views the church, it is possible that the group with the fewest number of people is actually the largest church in towIn fact, when we understand how God views the church, it is possible that the group with the fewest number of people is actually the largest church in towin town.

Even the small towns in east and central Texas are within a few hours of cities that top a million people, but for the small towns in West Texas, Lubbock's the biggest thing going.

true, some few more years without the title won't kill us, we are already stronger by spending 13 years witnessing people around us celebrating with joy having won the title, even the new boy in town (LC) put us to shame by winning it using the same strategy (no money) that the Wenger lovers use to explain why we failed to win it even a single time

And if you were to stack up everyone who cares about Kettering Town, and everyone who cares about (say) Manchester United, well, there's THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE MILLION, HONEST, DAVID GILL COUNTED THEM ALL of the latter, and there's only 81,000 people in Kettering, more than a few of whom probably follow the red side of Manchester.

I think he deserves to stay - as good persons are few and far between in this town.

A few residents spoke in support of the short - term rental law and even asked the Town Board to extend the term to a 30 - day minimum, as well as limit of the number of people allowed in a house.

Far fewer people realize that a significant share of the remaining manufacturing capacity in the United States has relocated to union unfriendly, small towns in the South, usually in fairly small enterprises that have supplier relationships with big name manufacturing companies but aren't big names themselves.

No fewer than three people have lost their lives in separate fire incidents in the FESTAC Town, Badagry and Surulere areas of Lagos State.

Large apartments were being built in a downtown that has hemorrhaged people for so long, few in town even remember when it was vibrant.

He pointed to other improvements in the way people interact with various town departments, citing a new portal where people can log on and get permit information for specific properties with a few clicks, instead of filing a Freedom of Information request.

No fewer than 18 people were burnt to death in a road accident that occurred on Ondo / Ore Expressway at Igushin town in Ondo West local government...

now says she will hold in - person town hall meetings with constituents and she's setting up a few.

Rep. Tom Reed (R - Corning) is one of the few members of Congress from upstate New York to hold in - person town hall meetings.

In yet another reprisal attack by insurgents, no fewer than 44 people were late Tuesday night slaughtered at Dumba village on the outskirts of Baga town,...

«When we started doing research here, in this little town, in this little country on the edge of the known world, few people were aware of it.

A few years back I was lucky enough to attend Restaurant week in Ann Arbor which is a very cool, hip city with lots of young people and colleges and has a nice down - town, too.

I dressed it down with these blue jeans and a belted vest for a Saturday evening in town with the family and I kept the whole look finished and polished with this structured bag and custom made earrings — I know a few people that don't wear boots at all.

Key phrase: «I live in a small town with very few white people.»

or bump into someone on a drunken night out, the opportunities to meet new people in my home town are far fewer and far between than they were on the Inca Trail!

Certain towns actually put together events to bring seniors together and such events can certainly be fine alternatives to online dating sites but such events are few and you are limited to only the people in your town.

Maybe this site is great for people who live in larger cities; there are very few members within 100 miles of my small town who fit my rather flexible search criteria.

If there are a few thousand people in your town, you shall find it in our list surely.

At first Beth seems totally normal just unaware that she had died and been buried but before long a few quirks appear, her breath begins to smell, she gets rashes in sunlight, she finds smooth jazz irresistibly erotic, her sense of appropriateness disappears and soon it turns out that she isn't the only formerly dead person who is back in town.

As a final point of hilarity, the only two black people we see in the town end up on a date together after laying eyes on each other for a few seconds.

The town of Herriman in Utah has been abuzz the last few months as thousands of people have flocked to the town to visit the real - life Up house built by Bangerter Homes.

I Am Not a Serial Killer sells itself on being one of those quirky and slightly surreal indie horror movies that has a premise that sounds familiar but adds a few twists and turns to throw you off your guard, and for the first half of the movie this approach generally works; the sense of a small town in the grip of an apparent serial killer comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endearing.

For whatever reason, you're one of the few people you know who's staying in town for the holiday.

Rural students, who live in towns with fewer than 10,000 people, experience an increase in critical - thinking skills of nearly one - third of a standard deviation.

In a mobile society, few people live out their days in the town where they were borIn a mobile society, few people live out their days in the town where they were borin the town where they were born.

I married a farmer and have lived in a small town of fewer than 1,000 people for over 20 years now.

I grew up in a very, very small country town in Australia, and when I say small we're talking a few hundred people, maybe at least three hundred people, five hundred dogs and three million flies and where they still deliver the mail by horseback!

The wishing well in 11 - year - old Nuria's town grants each person one wish per lifetime, though few use their wish because the well often lures people into making bad wishes.

From past few weeks, Sony Honami has been the talk of the town, and people just forgot that Sony also has a miniature version in the pipeline that is expected to boast the similar specifications as the flagship device.

While the vast majority of people select a 30 - year fixed rate loan, in reality, few people hold a mortgage that long, says Bruce Ailion, Realtor and attorney for RE / Max Town and Country in Atlanta.

We've found that there's a slightly increased risk of loss associated with living somewhere for just a few months or years, because people aren't as familiar with the area and the risks, so you should definitely get coverage if you're new in town, whether you're here for a few months or for a lifetime.

I'm glad people are weighing in on this issue, because creating No Kill in poor rural communities and small towns that have few resources is the next big challenge for No Kill.

There are many beaches of Cape Town on which a picnic is possible, but Oudekraal during the day is one of the few that manages to remain relatively people - free, whilst Clifton's 4th beach in the evening is very popular and protected from the wind.