They carried on with the construction in the face of strong opposition from the residents.

The residents were curious about other people's business.

The residents made complaints about the noise.

More than half the residents are opposed to the plan.

There was a flare-up between local residents and state regulators.

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

For the residents of Edo, the first bonito of the year was something that had to be bought, even if it meant borrowing money.

The mayor of Naples has apologised to a US tourist who was beaten up by local residents shortly after he was mugged.

The implication was that where there was a well, there were residents.

On seeing this, I can't help thinking: Can the residents of Beijing keep up with such a pace?

More than half of the residents are opposed to the plan.

The closure of the factory was a tough pill to swallow to the town's residents.

Can a trip during which one can't talk directly with the residents of the visited locations give anything valuable to the traveler?

A demonym is the name or term for the residents of a particular locality.

The residents of Mumbai are called Mumbaikars.

The residents of this town are deeply religious and patriotic people.

Local residents are in a state of shock.

The residents of the town formed a militia led by Tom.

Tom urged the residents of the town to form a militia.

Tom convinced the residents of the town to stand and fight.

Moscow residents witnessed a large column of military equipment moving on Tverskaya Street.

The residents protested outside the sex shop that opened in their neighborhood recently.

Tom and Mary are longtime residents of Boston.

Tom and Mary are longtime residents.

This place has more frogs than residents.

Admission is free for residents.

Many Boston residents oppose the mayor's plan.

The residents of the Gaza Strip drink polluted water.

The residents expressed their dissatisfaction at the noise.

Most of the residents on this street are wrong'uns.

After the residents leave, the house is empty.

The village had more than a thousand residents.

Venice now has fewer than 60,000 residents.

The new building has many empty apartments and few residents.

Legal immigrants to Canada are classified as permanent residents; they may later become citizens.

Around the town's perimeter, the residents constructed a wall with four gates. Through the gates, roads led east, south, west and north.

Many residents were angry.

All residents are invited.

Residents were upset.

The fire burned the residents.

Tom and I are longtime residents of Boston.

The residents are all hostile towards newcomers.

Sami is one of the apartment residents.

Tulkarem is a big jail for its Palestinian residents.

Most people come to Assateague to see its unusual residents: wild horses.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are wreaking havoc across China, with floods along major rivers destroying bridges, blocking roads and railways and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate.

Some residents were washed away by the flooding and others were left clinging to trees.

Local residents had long been resigned to their marginalization in the global economy and were used to seeing their young departing for jobs elsewhere.

Lava spewed from Kilauea since May 3 has covered 13.4 square miles (34.7 sq km) of the island’s surface, destroying more than 700 homes and displacing thousands of residents.

In Paris, there is an experiment under way to find an environmental solution to the unsightly urban problem of men urinating in the street. However, the project has prompted strong reactions from some residents and visitors.

Both drivers involved in the accident are Boston residents.

In the vast state along the Pacific Ocean, officials said that 150,000 residents have been displaced as high winds and tinder-dry conditions have helped fuel blazes that have torched more than 1,000 square kilometers of forest lands, residential communities and business districts.

As family farms have consolidated into megafarms run by large corporations, rural residents have moved to cities like Des Moines, the state capital, or left the state altogether.

She and many of the residents in this area have gotten used to the parrots.

Sandy Farber Bandier coordinates UDC’s Master Gardener program, which seeks to enhance the ecological health and aesthetics of urban environments by training District of Columbia residents to become Master Gardeners.

An elaborate temple-like structure perched on an apartment block in southeastern China is an illegal hazard that should be torn down, residents say.

New York is a city notoriously short on space, but also one whose residents are big on innovation.

The school's lovely cherry blossoms drew a lot of residents to come and admire it.

Alice and Mary are residents at a teaching hospital.

How many residents live within this city?

The residents dared not enter their homes for fear of another earthquake.

Greenland is politically and culturally associated with Europe but the majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century.

Willert Park Courts in Buffalo, an example of modern design, was the first public housing project in New York State to have African American residents.

Just one outhouse was lost to the torrents, in part because scientists warned residents in the area about the approaching danger.

Out of Japan's 126 million residents, an estimated 440,000 are Catholic.

Under the rule of Gaddafi the residents of Libya lived in prosperity, it was a safe and stable country.

Sri Lankan residents, for example, might look away when speaking to an officer, he said, as a sign of respect, not disdain.

The residents fled because the house was in flames.

Should Algiers cut the number of its residents?

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says residents in affected towns could face weeks in lockdown.

In Milan over the weekend, many residents raided supermarkets, leaving empty shelves, fearing they would not be able to go to the shops.

The marketing campaign urges residents to participate in a two-week social distancing effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in announcing the measures, said that starting immediately, residents would be allowed to leave their homes only to buy food or medicine, to go to work, to find medical care or to help care for the young or elderly.

While the local residents grumble about the tourists clogging up the streets, they know many of their neighbors depend on them to earn a living.

California Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday ordered the state's 40 million residents to stay home.

The state’s governor has ordered all non-essential workers to stay home and has told residents to only go out for groceries or the occasional exercise. That leaves people with a lot of free time.

California and New York residents have been ordered to stay home to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

The coronavirus pandemic that shook the world in the last weeks has affected the “Sunshine state” more than residents could have imagined.

Authorities advised residents not to approach within three kilometers of the volcano.

We saw virtually no people or cars – a surreal scene for residents long accustomed to Rome’s unbearable traffic with its honking cars and scooters whizzing by left and right.

The city’s world-famous Mardi Gras celebration attracts more than one million visitors each year and brings together hundreds of thousands of local residents.

The monks encourage local residents to put food into the provided bowls to cut plastic waste.

With its many African residents, especially from Mali, Montreuil is sometimes called “Little Bamako.”

Residents of a London suburb have been enjoying regular visits by a herd of friendly deer.

COVID-19 has caused a bike boom in the city as thousands of Big Apple residents swap their cars and subways for two wheels.

Italy has 5,800 villages with fewer than 5,000 residents with nearly half virtually abandoned.

A llama in Pembrokeshire is delivering groceries to elderly residents.

The residents are complaining.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike called on residents Thursday to refrain from traveling outside the capital as Japan enters its summer holiday period because of a recent surge in COVID cases.

Koike said she understands that it is the "Obon" festival, a period during which Japanese people customarily travel to visit family, but she urged residents to refrain from travel or even going out to restaurants to protect "loved ones, family and medical fields.”

The expropriations by the university angered the local residents.

Some Algerians say that Algiers residents are arrogant.

Reggane was used by the French for their nuclear tests because it was "ideally" located in an "isolated" area of the Algerian Sahara. An isolated place with tens of thousands of residents.

Every morning, thousands of Algiers residents catch the subway on their way to work.

We're residents of Boston.

How many residents are there in your city?

Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey with about 4.5 million residents.

Residents are encouraged to leave their houses.

The navy, Sri Lanka coast guard lifesaving teams, police lifesavers, volunteers, lifeguards and residents took part in the rescue mission.

Public opinion surveys suggest most Japanese residents are opposed to staging the Games.

How many residents are in this town?