Sentence examples for provincial like from inspiring English sources

Non-Catalans thought it was provincial, like the rest of Spain.

I would probably even get caught up in it, and get excited about something provincial, like a purple backpack.

Since then, demonstrations have spread across the country deep into Anatolia, following the footsteps of the country's growing bourgeoisie, which is no longer only in historically cosmopolitan coastal centers like Istanbul and Izmir, but in provincial cities like Gaziantep and Malatya, where trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Iran has brought newfound wealth.

Sheik Burhan Mizher, an Arab member of the provincial government who like many interviewed here worries about the prospect of civil war after the Americans leave, said some pesh merga forces were still positioned around Kirkuk on Monday.

There are mainstream provincial superclubs like Bristol's Syndicate, alternative powerhouses like Dublin's Twisted Pepper, or niche pockets like Peoples in Holloway, all falling away.

Provincials flocked to that capital, including provincial actors like Shakespeare.

Is it possible for a provincial club like Hellas Verona to ever win Serie A again?

"It is the first time they have gone into provincial areas like Bangor".

Provincial universities (like parlements) proliferated at the expense of Paris, which became the preserve of an antiquated and pedantic theology.

Some provincial areas, like Egypt, were largely left to rot, as long as they paid their taxes.

It was an article of faith that their styles had evolved from provincial techniques, like the pot-au-feu.