This is a clear but very narrow standard.

Narrow national mindsets are counterproductive.

Too limited a concept of capacity building seemed to apply.

The salvation of the country should have priority over narrow interests and personal ambitions.

That reward actually narrows our focus and restricts our possibility.

Now actually, that's just another parochial misconception.

Narrow, individual interests cannot hinder the efforts of a large majority of countries.

For 15 years I've been teaching a narrowminded, worthless man.

If multilateralism is to be truly effective, it cannot be based on a search for the least common denominator.

She welcomed Cécile Reinhardt's statement and cautioned against a narrow definition of education.

I feel sure Sir Wilfred will not find my clients ungenerous.

The parochial interests of those 11 countries could complicate the Council's decision making process.

There were limits to what could be learned about this issue by focusing narrowly on positive contributions and best practices.

Law enforcement agencies have traditionally been used more to serve the narrow interests of those in office than to defend the rule of law.

In this scenario, the global environment is assumed to be characterized by relatively narrow self interest in the industrialized world.

We must rise above the dictates of narrow interests and work to benefit from the diverse perspectives of our membership.

And his desire is to rescue Islam from images of intolerance, all in a child friendly format.

It will also require a commitment to the collective will and a retreat from preoccupation with self interest and narrow national agendas.

And when they are cast within a narrow space of it chained together, they would plead for death.

And when they are thrown into a narrow place in it, bound in chains, they will pray for death in it.

And when they are cast, coupled in fetters, into a narrow place of that Fire, they will call out there for destruction.

And when they are flung into a strait place thereof, bound Up, they shall call therein unto death.

And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.

And when they are thrown into it, into a tight place, shackled, they will plead there for death.

And when they are chained together and flung into a narrow space therein, they will begin to call for death.

And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound together in chains , they will pray for their own annihilation.

And when, chained in (iron) fetters, they are cast into some narrow space of the Fire, they will call out for destruction.

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

When they are thrown, bound, into a narrow place therein, then only will they wish for their death.

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction.

When they are thrown into a narrow space, chained together, they will plead for death.

And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!

By adopting a narrow definition of decolonization, the draft resolution failed to take into account the complex reality of Non Self Governing Territories.

But hubris rapidly set in, and parochial interests took over. Before the wounds had fully healed, the treatment was terminated.

In doing so, we must move beyond narrow national perspectives and interests and treat all issues in a balanced and holistic manner.

In proposed section (d), several experts felt that the term regular armed forces or police forces is too narrow.

We owe it to the international community to act in a spirit of compromise and consolidation and to move beyond narrow national views and interests.

First, companies should modernize core competencies by benchmarking beyond the narrow confines of their industry.

However, it is regrettable that these issues are being approached within the narrow perspective of a subset of the larger debate on counter terrorism.

Regrettably, the authors of this report had chosen once again even more so than usual to present a narrow and one sided political report.

It was also necessary to go beyond narrow national interests and develop a road map to include a human rights perspective in trade policies.

But leaders all over the world have a duty to explain that narrow worldviews, with no place for differences, can offer no genuine protection.

The point is, none of us should be parochial, none of us should be so nationalistic to believe that all good ideas will come only from our country.

In many ways, it's the most parochial, because for 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations.