Sentence examples for few parochial from inspiring English sources

"Very few parochial schools draw kids from their parishes only".

It included wearing the Jewish kippa, large crosses and the hijab, but affected disproportionately those wearing the hijab because there are few parochial schools for Muslims, so they have no choice but to go to state schools.

The decline in private school percentages partly results from fewer parochial students as Roman Catholic families have moved from urban ethnic enclaves to suburbs.

Santayana employs a naturalistic account of poetry and philosophy, attempting to combine comparative structures with as few embedded parochial assumptions as possible while making explicit our material boundness to particular worlds and perspectives.

Within the space of a few years, large parochial cemeteries, nestling on the edge of the city, were an accepted part of the London landscape.

It must serve the public interest and the needs of the many, rather than the preferences of a parochial few.

By this time Wednesday, what little "2013 Election Night" we are going to have will be in the books and the pieces attempting to weave together a Grand Political Narrative from a few scattered, hyper-parochial electoral contests will be in orbit over the blogosphere, waiting to fall on unsuspecting heads like so much space junk.

It was only a few blocks to St . Jude the parochial school where he refined his basketball skills.

Most irritating to Weber and other public school coaches has been the willingness of some academies to grant waivers to a few players attending private and parochial schools.

Students who graduate now settle for several part-time jobs when they get out, and return to live with parents; many experienced employees are fearful to leave their job, even though they are overqualified, because the other options are so limited.Pretty parochial stuff, with few concrete proposals.

Artist Richard Wentworth says, 'It felt established from the start, quite something for a tented event that feels like a sexy air-base.' Considering that London was written off as a parochial backwater a few years ago, the Fair is a considerable achievement.