Sentences with phrase «very parochial»

Legal Electronic Data Exchange is as dry as it sounds, and actually very parochial in application currently; but is has profound implications.

I went from a very parochial viewpoint to a global perspective.

The reigning painters in America were very parochial in relation to the international tradition.

«Shaun of the Dead» was a very parochial story set in North London and somehow it managed to get this global reach because everyone understands the language of zombie movies.»

To worry about «churches» disappearing, thus seems very parochial to me.

Not exact matches

To assume that Christian authors of the New Testament in the first century could have known what God had said elsewhere, and that Christian thinkers of the 20th century, on the basis of that Scripture, could pass judgment on any non-Christian revelation without thoroughly objective and unbiased study would be, at the very least, parochial.

In his statement yesterday, Roberts said he's «very disappointed that the bipartisan, bicameral Child Nutrition Reauthorization negotiations have come to an end for the 114th Congress» and he accused his colleagues in the House and minority members of the Senate of putting «certain parochial interests and the desire for issues rather than solutions... ahead of the wellbeing of vulnerable and at - risk populations and the need for reform.»

Much of an MP's work has become parochial and it is very often in the Westminster Hall adjournment debates that issues which may not grip the commentariat but are of genuine interest and importance to the real lives of real people are raised.

«It is very worrying for people who are expected to know better (especially if some happen to be leading members of the august House of Parliament) to conveniently join the streets wagon in pursuit of petty partisan parochial interests to churn out deliberate falsehood to perpetuate the fallacy that access to the President has to be secured with financial inducements»

«For the first time, people wanted to throw the supreme law of the land — the constitution — aside because of some parochial interest... She's one of the most vilified public officers ever seen in this country in recent times, but I doff my hat for her that she stood very tall in all this and did her work effectively.

Both sides overlook the very compelling reason Hoffman lost - voters are not going to elect a carpetbagger who doesn't even pretend to be interested in local issues, and whose campaign calls those who are concerned about them «parochial».

It is very worrying for people who are expected to know better (especially if some happen to be leading members of the august House of Parliament) to conveniently join the streets wagon in pursuit of petty partisan parochial interests to churn out deliberate falsehood to perpetuate the fallacy that access to the President has to be secured with financial inducements,» excerpts of the statement said.

In the most parochial sense, members of my team feel we worked very hard to establish all the techniques that would make this thing work.

But is it too much to ask of private and parochial schools that, at the very least, they tell parents when tax liens are levied against them?

Traditional public schools, parochial schools and other tuition - based private schools serve many children very well, but Pikes Peak Prep is here to provide a choice.

Now possibly the readership you are aiming at is merely US based, but if you are interested in helping your readership gain an understanding of Climate and Climate Change, surely one of the key aspects is to make sure they understand the need to maintain a global focus in considering the questions, rather than the very local and parochial stance of what is happening to just 1.5 % of the world.