Sentences with phrase «of rural life in»

They were inspired after works by Auguste Chabaud (1882 - 1955), a French Modern painter who depicted scenes of rural life in Provence.

Other vases are embellished with several bands of colorful episodes of rural life in a naive and cartoonish fashion.

The homemade look is perfectly supported with soothing country music, with steel guitars and pianos conjuring up feelings of rural life in southern America.

With idyllic views and tastes of celebrated coffee this private tour offers fantastic insight into the inner workings of rural life in Bali.

We love to visit the wine country as a family because if we stay in the countryside, we get to experience a bit of rural life in one of the most beautiful parts of the state.

Christina Olson's life is limited by her parents, her illness, and the realities of a rural life in the first half of the 20th century.

The texture of rural life in the second half of twentieth - century Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, infuses these beautiful stories.

The White Ribbon (Sony)-- Winner of the Palm D'or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography, Michael Haneke's portrait of rural life in Germany before World War II is a beautifully shot film that evokes nostalgia in the austere black - and - white imagery while revealing a corrupt culture under the surface.

At Jerusalem even rather technical phases of the problem were of such urgency that a detailed survey had been made of rural life in one oriental country, Korea, and the council declared that «experts» on rural life must be included on missionary staffs.

Not exact matches

We lived in rural Wisconsin and on one of the coldest nights of the year, I was seven months pregnant with my first child and my husband and I went to bed one night and our house burned down.

Besides, for the hundreds of millions of rural peasants who have already migrated to cities — supplying factories with an endless supply of cheap labour — life in cities like Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen means being treated like second - class citizens, since their access to social services and education for their children is tightly limited.

This is because a person living in the heavy smog of L.A. will have adapted to that environment and metabolize a different set of biomarkers than a rural dweller.

• Lesbian couples who live in rural areas are much more likely to be poor (14.1 percent), compared to 4.5 percent of coupled lesbians in large cities.

More from International Living: A slower pace of life in a rural French hamlet Getting a taste for the simple life in France Living in France and enjoying the best of «old world» Living: A slower pace of life in a rural French hamlet Getting a taste for the simple life in France Living in France and enjoying the best of «old world» Living in France and enjoying the best of «old world» livingliving

Seven in 10 of the world's poor live in remote or rural areas, where access to medical services is sharply limited or not available at all: 5 billion people can't reach or afford essential surgical care, from emergency caesarian sections to cancer surgery.

Faber is one of the most gloomy people you'll meet in the investment world, constantly issuing warnings about where you should live if the war comes (rural farmland), and what will happpen to the dollar (it will be worth less than toilet paper).

In the shadows of these ultramodern buildings, the ancient Malay village of Kampung Baru still thrives, with free - roaming roosters and a slow pace of life that's usually only to be found in the most rural of villageIn the shadows of these ultramodern buildings, the ancient Malay village of Kampung Baru still thrives, with free - roaming roosters and a slow pace of life that's usually only to be found in the most rural of villagein the most rural of villages.

According to Parikh, 10 % of the world's population live in these rural areas — found in certain regions in Africa and India, among others — and are unable to access the web.

There are millions of people who don't have access, either because they can't afford a tech device with internet capability or they live in a region that's too rural for capable Wi - Fi.

Exposure to pollution is associated with the increasing population of cities, but people who live in rural areas are also at risk.

The result has been to give the children of certain city - dwelling types of recent immigrant an educational advantage over the children of native American and other stocks living in rural areas.

«Business is the language I speak, and though I certainly once toyed with the idea of an MBA, I wasn't interested, because they seemed so Bay - Street - focused,» she says, content with rural life in and around Bala.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

In Uganda — and since last year in Kenya — more than 1,000 Living Goods «community health promoters» in bright blue T - shirts make their rounds through urban communities and rural neighborhoods, peddling an assortment of malaria medicine, fortified cereals, vitamins and soap, as well as larger items such as cookstoves, solar lanterns and bednetIn Uganda — and since last year in Kenya — more than 1,000 Living Goods «community health promoters» in bright blue T - shirts make their rounds through urban communities and rural neighborhoods, peddling an assortment of malaria medicine, fortified cereals, vitamins and soap, as well as larger items such as cookstoves, solar lanterns and bednetin Kenya — more than 1,000 Living Goods «community health promoters» in bright blue T - shirts make their rounds through urban communities and rural neighborhoods, peddling an assortment of malaria medicine, fortified cereals, vitamins and soap, as well as larger items such as cookstoves, solar lanterns and bednetin bright blue T - shirts make their rounds through urban communities and rural neighborhoods, peddling an assortment of malaria medicine, fortified cereals, vitamins and soap, as well as larger items such as cookstoves, solar lanterns and bednets.

She told Parents, «She would have had to go and live in rural Newfoundland, and she wouldn't have been able to pursue any of her dreams.»

The cost of buying a home, living comfortably in the country, and eating good food is lower here compared to the U.S.,» says Laura Springham about rural France where she, her husband Keith, and their son Patrick moved almost two years ago.

As of June 2013, there are 59.6 million users in Rural India who have accessed internet at least once in their lives.

These properties are often areas of urban blight, rural abandonment, or places that others are reluctant to live in.

«Certainly working moms are kind of the most visible, but it's a misconception that that's the only audience that's interested... Both working moms and dads, and also people with health issues, or who are [taking care of] people with health issues, people who live in rural or locally depressed economies, military spouses, people who want to travel, and certainly millennials «-- are just some of the categories of people seeking job flexibility.

He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educaRural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educarural areas of western China by providing access to education.

Chinese citizens receive an urban or rural hukou which officially identifies them as residents of a specific area and which allows them to live and work only in that area.

The average Chinese household lives on a quarter of the income that American and Western European households do, and standards of living remain very low in rural parts of the country, and across central and western China.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

I might live in the sticks of rural New Hampshire, but I had heard of these scams, so I decided to play along with a few.

- Live in a place with lots of available mystery shops (both big and small cities have lots of shops but rural areas are difficult)

The company envisions systems that will let consumers download a high - definition, full - length feature film in less than five minutes, allow rural health clinics to send 3 - D medical images over the Internet and let students collaborate with classmates around the world while watching live 3 - D video of a university lecture.

The Department of Agriculture backs mortgages that require little or no money down to applicants willing to live in designated rural areas and whose incomes are 115 % or less of the median income in that area.

For people living in rural areas, where wait times for driverless Uber or any kind of public transit are completely unreasonable, yet don't have money to burn an extra $ 10k on their car to make it autonomous, will continue to buy old - fashioned human - driven cars with gas pedals and steering wheels long into the future — and will not accept not being able to drive their cars into cities.

It's not the «fault» of those that live in rural areas that their influence is so exagerated; I think a large part of it was the PC's DELIBERATE gerrymandering of constituencies (about 20 or so years ago) to ensure that any urban opposition would be diluted by rural supporters.

If we are to believe in «majority rules» (and I think that most people in this province do), the reality is that the MAJORITY of people in this province live in urban areas, not rural ones.

He'd spent several years living in rural Vermont, saving and investing 70 % of his after - tax income and keeping a meticulous spreadsheet to track his spending, investments, and net worth.

Since the disappearance of the Social Credit Party in the 1970s, Alberta has seen its share of conservative fringe parties, usually based in central or southern rural Alberta — including the Western Canadian Concept, the Representative Party, a short - lived SocCred revival in the mid-1990s and the Alberta First Party.

«We will continue to expand on our partnerships and infrastructure to deliver access to the widest selection of the best products from around the world to consumers,» Zhang said in a statement, «whether they live in Beijing or a rural village in the farthest edges of the country.»

«This deal is good news for B.C. midwives and a host of British Columbians living in rural and northern communities.

The products make life better for billions of people, dominating their respective niches (in some places, such as rural India, Colgate sometimes comes near holding an astounding 80 % market share).

If you live in a rural area of the state, you may be eligible for a loan or grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Developrural area of the state, you may be eligible for a loan or grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural DevelopRural Development.

The majority of the guests of our federal prisons come from the small minority (which is higher outside the cities, in rural Canada and among First Nations) who live in poverty.

Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.

NYT: Monks in California Breathe Life Into a Monastery From Spain The rebirth of a medieval Cistercian monastery building here on a patch of rural Northern California land was, of course, improbable.

It brought to mind my own experience with the funeral of a dear lady who'd lived what we call around here «a hard life» and was best known in the small rural community as «the bootlegger's widow.»