I was always taught that being "neighbourly" was a good thing. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Those Civilians! - SpouseBUZZ] Reference
The "trade" in each case is a kind of neighbourly community, separated in its parts by space, but joined in unity of sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
QUEEN LATIFAH is proud of the controversial reality shows filmed in her native New Jersey, branding the programmes 'stars kind and "neighbourly". From Wordnik.com. [The Bosh] Reference
For the first time, voting in the final was split between televoting and panels of musical experts, designed to reduce the controversial 'neighbourly' voting practice. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
A design for a 'neighbourly' high-rise apartment building has won Simon Harrison the New Zealand Institute of Architects Graphisoft Student Design Award 2009. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
Birkenshaw's homestead, but near enough to be neighbourly. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
The question is not, Who is my neighbour? but, Am I neighbourly?. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
In a neighbourly compassion the dominie would come in of a Sunday or a. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
It was a day for visiting and neighbourly activity as well as hard work. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
All Australians are truly touched by this gesture of neighbourly support. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Address - Australia and Indonesia: Partners in a New Era] Reference
I know Rose, slightly, and a call will no doubt be considered neighbourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
"Now, that's what I call being really neighbourly!" declared Mrs. Hilyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
A special chapter was dedicated to foreign affairs and neighbourly relationships. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
"'Twouldn't be neighbourly after all the trouble they are taking to entertain us.". From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
He had only one criticism, he said, to make of Mr. Pilkington's excellent and neighbourly speech. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm]
Guess it's just one of the boys from Red Buttes comin 'along in advance to lend us a neighbourly hand. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
It was well enough to be neighbourly when those who lived in your vicinity were benevolently inclined. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892] Reference
Mr. Stevens found no difficulty in frequently bringing about short neighbourly conversations with Mr. Garie. From Wordnik.com. [The Garies and Their Friends] Reference
Kind and neighbourly as the women were, they could not understand the desire of Mary to be sometimes by herself. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
Well, the Rodes were our neighbours, as you know, and Dorothy is not a person to neglect her neighbourly duties. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
There is a suffering of the soul and a mental trouble which beseech the kindness of the Christlike neighbourly touch. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Life of the Christian] Reference
Inside the building some of the people who had come early were having neighbourly confidences over the backs of the pews. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
The government called on Botswana to reconsider its decision in the interest of good neighbourly relations, and to extradite. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Professor Fortescue looked vaguely round, as if expecting Hadria to express some neighbourly sentiment, but she said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
And there were great nights of happiness, for in these days the folk had the time to be knowing one the other, and neighbourly. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
My hope is that we shall be able to demonstrate the meaning of neighbourly love towards those around us, whether of faith or not. From Wordnik.com. [Greetings and Prayers for Eid] Reference
However, in the interests of neighbourly relations some Muslims might consider changing the wording of part of their daily prayers. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
With the removals, the manyanos and stockfels disappear, their basis of neighbourly friendship and co - operation having been destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Triumphs' Part I - Migrant Labour and Segregation] Reference
Also how Boleslav learnt to be neighbourly and wise in his choice of a wife for his neighbour who was promptly converted to Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
And on the floor, writhing, was its mother, Mrs. Macanany trying to comfort her between the pauses of her own vehement neighbourly grief. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
The Duke of Guelders also had a neighbourly interest in Utrecht and he, too, had a pet candidate, Stephen of Bavaria, whose election he urged. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
In the Balkans, affluence and commerce seem only to encourage envy and belligerence and neighbourly relations are no barrier to mutual slaughter. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
But to no purpose; the poor creature was taken to the station, accompanied by the gentleman, who most properly volunteered that neighbourly turn. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
Zennor, indeed, was formerly known as the place "where the cow ate the bell-rope," a sportive neighbourly reference to its poverty and infertility. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Such parochial witticisms may be laughed at to-day, but they often provided a stinging grievance in the past and were a handy weapon in neighbourly feuds. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
My gracious Lord, help me to put on "a heart of compassion" that by neighbourly feeling and ministry I may lead my fellows to the choice places of life's feast. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Printers of public documents seem to be an amiable, neighbourly lot: "Printed at the Enterprise Office," one mentions casually in a large, warm-hearted fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
"But these gatherings are, I suppose, useful and necessary, if people are to keep up friendly acquaintance with one another, and do what is civil and neighbourly.". From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
He lived a quiet, upright, peaceable life at Torrington, content with little, and discharging simple, kindly, neighbourly duties, alike removed from ambition and indolence. From Wordnik.com. [Ionica] Reference
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