Sentence examples for parochial standards from inspiring English sources
It is in Sembawang, a quiet neighborhood at the northern tip of Singapore that is a 25-minute drive from the central city, and, by Singapore's somewhat parochial standards, considered rather remote.
"Appropriate" and "adequate" are objectively defined by competitive standards and not some parochial, uninformed, or self-serving norms or criteria set by individuals.
But a parochial school has to meet all the educational standards of any French school.
Leibniz argues in numerous texts that it is parochial to think that human happiness is the standard whereby the goodness of worlds is to be judged.
To the objection that the measure violated the constitutional ban against direct aid to parochial schools, proponents of the bill said it was carefully worded to meet permissible standards of aid.
There is the possibility of Muslim parochial schools — Lille now has one — which by meeting state education standards would be eligible for state support.
But private and parochial schools (and charter schools, too, by the way) aren't held to this same standard.
Its setting feels parochial.
Parochial companies may perish.
