Sentence examples for ugly developments from inspiring English sources

Many are built up, backed by ugly developments or close to main roads but there are some lovely ones, too.

Sir, It is wonderful to think that our politicians may finally be recognising the "value of beauty" (Clare Foges, "Ugly developments demolish Britain's spirits", Feb 4, and letter, Feb 5).

"On Brownstoner, I often call people out on ugly developments, or contractors I see who are doing things without getting landmark permits," Mr. Butler said at a tavern in Dumbo the other day.

The two ugly developments -- both focused on race -- were the heavy-handed investigation by Florida state troopers of black get-out-the-vote efforts in Orlando, and the state's blatant attempt to purge blacks from voter rolls through the use of a flawed list of supposed felons that contained the names of thousands of African-Americans and, conveniently, very few Hispanics.

Planning regulations are the government's main way of influencing economic growth in the countryside and of controlling ugly development.

It is in this context that two of the ugliest developments of the current campaign season should be viewed.

Some of us do appreciate the beauty and barrenness of our countryside and find the ugly, empty developments on them obscene.

In "The Lamb" (1966), the quiet masterpiece of this collection, a man remembers his childhood in an ugly housing development.

Affleck brings her and her little daughter to America — to an ugly suburban development in Oklahoma, right next to a highway.

The barren land we passed on the road to the west of the airport is blighted with cluster after cluster of ugly hotel development.

Around Florence, there is a lot of ugly, sprawling development that's gobbling lovely farmland.