Sentences with phrase «neighbouring commercial town»

If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad.

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Members of the community, their neighbouring towns and villages are often excited at the beginning of every year when The Lords Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement attracts millions of worshippers from across the globe for the annual crusade both for its spiritual and commercial benefits.

Ramsgate is a quieter beach town than its neighbour, Margate, which is commercial enough these days to compare itself to the UK's Margate.