Sentence examples for tight streets from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Phillips felt the neighborhood was "all tight streets and obstructed views," with few shops and services.

Its beauty ranges from grandiose Palladio-influenced buildings - such as the Royal Crescent - to its tight streets, and the numerous independent cafes and bookshops nestled within them.

But I am a suckerfor the run-and-gun ethic of "Slumdog": light equipment and smallcrews raced through the tight streets and alleys of Mumbai; you'rewith them from the very opening scene.

When the race route hits the city it will take the riders along the north bank of the River Arno, give them a glimpse of the Ponte Vecchio before swinging them through the tight streets of the ancient city centre towards the finish.

Come snow, ice, rain or hurricane, you'll always find me at 8.45am playing sideways leapfrog with the number three bus down Croxted Road, towards Brixton, on across the Thames and then, darting among the barrelling traffic, up into the tight streets of London's West End.

All manner of stenciling and graffiti with a political bent can be found on the tight streets in the bourgeois areas of Cukurcuma and Cihangir, including Liva Sokagi, Balyoz Sokagi (off the bigger Mesrutiyet Caddesi), Yüksek Kaldirim Caddesi and Sah Kulu Bostan Sokagi.

Along one of the typical streets, where canary yellow housepaint sits hard by robin's egg blue and crimson red, we passed the house, at 182 Rua de São Bento, of the popular singer Alceu Valença, noticing the balcony where he emerges during carnival each year to serenade the crowds in the tight street.

But all kept their cool on the tricky and tight street circuit and there were no changes before the flag.

Overtaking is notoriously difficult on the tight street track in the Mediterranean principality and Ferrari's traditional fast starts are unlikely to be much help on the claustrophobic run to the first corner.

Vettel finished a close third behind Alonso and Button, who is expecting a tight three-way battle on Korea's demanding circuit that blends the challenges of a high-speed track with those of a tight, street circuit in the final sector.

It is a tight street course on which overtaking is difficult, and previewing the race, Tony DiZinno claimed it had "often been a mundane race".