Sentence examples for local fondness from inspiring English sources
Add to this the local fondness for ballot initiatives referendums, recalls and you have a formula for gridlock.Hosannas to God, not politiciansThe situation in Illinois is exactly the opposite.
In "David Gale," the flame of Texas liberalism, which has been known to flicker, burns brightly and steadily; in the middle of the thriller story, the movie offers sincere homage to the ragtag army of Texas dissidents who are revolted by the local fondness for lethal injections.The miracle of Linney's performance is that her anguish now and then gives way to a desperate gaiety.
DiCaprio is a popular figure in China, largely due to local filmgoers' fondness for James Cameron's 1997 romantic disaster epic Titanic.
Adams was brought up on a council estate in Burmantofts Leeds, which she describes as "not the roughest, but rough enough" thanks to the local kids' fondness for nicking cars.
The only locals with any fondness for Anna are Chloe (Sianoa Smit-McPhee), a young woman with alternative interests and a desire to leave for "the mainland", and Fergus (Henry Nixon), a local cop and childhood friend of Anna's.
The entertainment was provided by a local D.J. with a fondness for very bad disco.
A couple of the speakers at the symposium admitted to testing positive for elevated PCB levels thanks to their fondness for local city fish, and the last thing anyone should do is steam up some shellfish found clinging to a city pier.
It's a good thing I'd developed a fondness for the local suds, too, since this resolutely Flemish spot doesn't serve wine.
Nerves are raw on the Lithuanian side too: even quite reasonable Lithuanians feel they are being bullied by Poland; that their own national identity is not respected by Warsaw; that the local Polish minority leadership's fondness for calling up support from across the border is a low tactic and disloyal to the Lithuanian state.
Years later when we visited Grassington together, we met families who still remember this early mixed race marriage with fondness recollecting that local people had put up some of the unexpected guests in their homes; interesting and humorous cultural connections had come from this impromptu interaction… as they always do.
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