Sentence examples for big hometown from inspiring English sources

Effectively, locals can end up subsidizing the big hometown companies whose tax maneuverings shift their revenue abroad.

Plenty of other tech darlings are recognized as big hometown givers: for example, Cisco is No. 5 at $14.30 million; Salesforce is No. 6 at $12.43 million; Intel is No. 8 at $9 million.

Droste: I know, but this is like a big hometown thing.

(The band will perform at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan -- its biggest hometown gig in years -- on Feb. 17).

But his performance at Irving Plaza this week will be his biggest hometown show to date, and he'll be joined by his extended crew, the ASAP Mob.

In 15 years he had built the natural-gas producer into a powerhouse, but he chafed in the shadow of Enron, his much bigger hometown rival, and its chairman, Kenneth Lay.

In 15 years he had built the natural-gas producer into a powerhouse, but he chafed in the shadow of his far bigger hometown rival, Enron Corp., and its chairman, the silver-tongued Kenneth Lay.

To explain how urgent the need is, Mr. Grant invoked big money, hometown pride and the insidious threat of cowboy competition.

Shaped by Alison Elliott's charming performance as Thea Kronborg, whose ambition is too big for her hometown of Moonstone, the film is punctuated by lovely moments.

IN THE late 1950s, when the Fabulous Rockers were hitting the big time, their hometown of Ybor City, near Tampa, Florida, was like Havana today: run down, its hand-rolled cigar industry an historic relic.

Now, his style is being immortalized as an exhibit at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Big Boi's hometown.