Sentence examples for town standards from inspiring English sources

Perched high even by Tuscan hill town standards, Cortona slopes down from the Fortezza Medicea – a ruined fortress with stupendous views across the plain below.

Green tourists are less affected by the town standard in terms of facilities and services (Dragulanesca, 2012).

The sun-worshiping ethos of l'Alpe d'Huez gives it a laid-back feeling, even by ski-town standards.

The board had already voted that the proposed $50 million project did not meet some of the town's standards; for example, it would have constituted industrial development in an area zoned for commercial use.

They are willing to upgrade the entrance to town road standards, install utilities and take the sewer system into the project, providing a road and sewer system all the way back to the vacant property.

Only 11 schools in England have made the jump and the fact that Ark Blacklands is in Hastings, East Sussex, serving a disadvantaged part of a coastal town where standards often lag behind the rest of the country, adds to its achievement.

We chose a restaurant based on Yelp ratings, one that's very fancy by this town's standards.

The Paspaleys, a multi-generation pearling family, have ventured into the hospitality business, opening the top two hotels in Broome, McAlpine House and Pinctada Cable Beach, and singlehandedly raising the town's standards.

NZ$5 for a regular latte in town is standard.

By small-town Pennsylvania standards, she is already a star.

It is 20 feet wide, but only 39 feet deep — small by later town-house standards — for a total of about 3,300 square feet.