Sentence examples for the major shops from inspiring English sources

Many are lucky: one of the major shops here says that in good times it buys up to 2,000 carats of diamonds a month from local diggers and sells mostly to foreign traders.

These are the people who decide which books appear in the major shops, and, more importantly, which books make it into the three for two, summer reading and Christmas promotions, by which budding authors and books missed by the reviewers can live or die.

I wanted to buy some supplies today [Thursday] but all the major shops are closed.

Far from the touristy central part of the city, with its grandiose fountains and glorious buildings, there is another mini-shopping revolution: an outbreak of small stores that are tucked behind the major shopping roads or in areas that the locals define as "Bobo" for "Bohemian bourgeois".

Sheffield is served by modern roads and is the major shopping and cultural centre in South Yorkshire.

Leeds is also an important regional centre for insurance and financial services and is the major shopping and commercial centre for West Yorkshire.

When he took office eight years ago, the town was $1.4 million in debt and the quaint downtown, which has long been the major shopping destination in Morris County, had problems.

After the end of Id, the festive trappings of Ramadan will come down: the green and white strings of lights on the mosque minarets, the garlanded arches over the major shopping streets, the larger-than-life dioramas portraying virtues like justice and charity at major intersections.

If festooning the major shopping area of Fifth Avenue with chandeliers suspended from wires is witty but not likely to happen, the idea of complementing the Arch at Washington Square Park, where Fifth Avenue begins, with a similar arch dedicated to Marcus Garvey, at 110th Street at Fifth Avenue, is another of Ms. Adams's palpable spurs to thought.

The first of the major shopping holidays is upon us.

Located in the Palace Hotel on Tverskaya, one of the major shopping thoroughfares.