Sentence examples for that parochial from inspiring English sources

A new statute of 1828 decreed that parochial schools were intended for the peasants, the district schools for merchants and other townspeople, and gimnazii for children of the gentry and civil servants.

The wish to break that parochial impasse, and unlock the potential of the Union's single market, is the reason European lawmakers created Berec in 2009, said Mr. Fonteijn, an affable, 56-year-old lawyer who grew up in The Hague.

Within that parochial law is a universal core that Jews are required to articulate to the world, though not in the form of proselytizing.

None of this is to say that parochial considerations don't matter in relations with the EU.

Both sides insist that "parochial" concerns should not be allowed to derail the hoped-for trade agreement.

Though short on specifics, the report makes plain that parochial schools will no longer be paid for solely by the parishes in which they are located.

But it has been dragged ever lower into the mire by Congressional special interests that are parochial in the extreme.

Has the film magnified an issue of urban hedonism that is parochial compared to larger issues of homophobia or inequality?

So in its happy grappling with that most parochial location, the regional bus station, Shaun the Sheep stakes out some radical turf.

And in recent years the Council leadership has deemed some $500 million in projects worthy of public money, even projects that are parochial, overly ambitious or sponsored by organizations with spotty financial histories.

This shows he came to Newcastle with the notion of finding that quaint, parochial, grim-up-north picture of the Geordie struggle for survival - a dangerous stereotype to uphold.