Sentence examples for tempting city from inspiring English sources

Cone wondered if it was abnormal to expect a kid from Compton, Calif., who did not know his father, to handle having money and fame thrust upon him in his 20's, and in a tempting city like New York.

The government is to announce a wide-ranging review into how it can tempt City investors into investing in affordable housing which ought to make this point strongly.

This rather nondescript former steelworking town may not have much in common with Bond Street or Brick Lane, but the local council believes it can tempt city-weary Londoners into relocating from the capital – and reviving the region.

ANYONE living outside Manhattan knows how difficult it can be to tempt city dwellers north for a visit.

He wonders if the intervening years will tempt the city to consider another sort of makeover in the plaza.

And, for those already addicted or tempted, the city offered kits to help people stop smoking and gruesome television ads to try to keep them from starting.

Rumor had it that the club that was tempting him was City.

A huge byproduct of our car dependency is the proliferation of billboards lining major streets and freeways throughout the city tempting us to purchase the latest and greatest luxury item, from iPods to, what else, cars.

At the local level, private prisons still prove extremely tempting for some cities and counties as a source of jobs and revenue.

After such a catastrophic financial crisis, it is tempting to let the City go quietly into decline.

WITH Oaxaca's imposing Baroque churches, plant-filled courtyards and shady plazas perfect for people-watching, it's tempting to see the city as a photogenic relic of Mexico's colonial past.