Sentence examples for parochial approach from inspiring English sources

This parochial approach has been hugely successful.

A parochial approach will lead countries to try to seek advantage for their own institutions, as has often been the pattern in the past, critics say.

It is that lack of awareness that comes from our own insularity and the parochial approach we have to the centenary which really shuts us out".

"The church sometimes colludes with a very parochial approach, that it should not stray outside its walls," says Jones. "It takes us away from engagement with society which I believe is our calling.

At a time when we are trying to integrate the Department's joint warfighting functions, I do not wish to add a separate service that would likely present a narrower and even parochial approach to space operations.

Another senior aide said Jackson's appeal was much more general, but agreed that Jackson was appealing for a less parochial approach than one that caters solely to a Tea Party base in individual districts.

State ministers have been parochial in their approach to energy policy for too long.

There is something suburban and parochial about our approach to promoting movies in this country, and I still have a feeling that somehow the Americans do it better or with more grace, at least.

Participants differed on the wisdom of long-distance alliances, however: some were adamant it was important for schools within a MAT to be close geographically, so staff could move easily between them; but Greenway called this approach "parochial and naive".

This parochial and proprietary approach, in an increasingly open, Internet-infused world, had relegated the company's Macintosh line to a narrow slice of sales.

This parochial and proprietary approach, in an increasingly open, Internet-infused world, had relegated the company’s Macintosh line to a narrow slice of sales.