Used in a Sentence

bromley

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bromley.

Editorial note

There are also a low number of collisions in the boroughs of Bromley and Bexley in south-east London.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A London borough of Greater London.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bromley gathered in one view.

noun

A London borough of Greater London.

noun

A town in the borough of Bromley, in south-eastern Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4069).

noun

A number of places in England:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bromley.

noun

A London borough of Greater London.

noun

A town in the borough of Bromley, in south-eastern Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4069).

noun

A number of places in England:

noun

A district in the borough of Tower Hamlets, eastern London, officially Bromley by Bow (OS grid ref TQ3782).

Example sentences

1

There are also a low number of collisions in the boroughs of Bromley and Bexley in south-east London.

2

Most of the non-disambiguated High Streets will be in the Greater London boroughs (Bromley, Bexley etc.) When I was a kid, Bromley was already a London borough.

3

You get people who live in Bromley who say they live in London, just because it's a London Borough.

4

It is Penge West railway station (PNW) in the London Borough of Bromley in South London.

5

This sort of thoughtful breakdown (bromley's comment) is why I usually read the top comment before the article.

6

It's hard to get from Bromley to Victoria in 45 minutes.

7

Harrow, Eton and Winchester are public schools but somewhere like Bromley High School and most other no-name fee-paying schools are called independent or private schools.

8

I guess the have various other staffers like Camille Bromley do certain articles.

9

Alan Bromley and Doron Swade's rebuild of the Difference Engine, done using metals and techniques that were available in Babbage's time, seem to have put paid to that idea.

10

> Bromley and Havering have the lowest proportion of pollution-related deaths in London, both 6.3%, but are still above the England average of 5.6%.

11

It easy to get into central London from periphery (say Bromley to Victoria is 20min by train, 1hr by car), but periphery to periphery is not good if you dont have direct train (eg Bromley to Greenwich is 45min by train, but 20 min by car).

12

The government of London attempted to subsidise public transport in the 1980s, but that was considered illegal after the council of the London Borough of Bromley argued that a public transit tax would be unfair since the Tube doesn't reach that far.

Quote examples

1

If you mention "bromley" in an email to that address or just email info at degree days dot net it'll get through to me - and I'd love to hear from you or anyone else developing software for energy-related applications.

2

[For overviews of the literature, see Bromley (1987), Robbins (1988), and Stark (1985).] They did so in part because NRM growth directly contradicted their traditional theories of secularization, not to mention the sensational mid-sixties claims God was "dead" (Cox 1966; Murchland 1967).

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[For more on the prevalence and process of cult defection, see Wight (1987) and Bromley (1988).] By the mid-1980s, researchers had so thoroughly discredited "brainwashing" theories that both the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the American Sociological Association agreed to add their names to an amicus brief denouncing the theory in court (Richardson 1985)." - Anthony, Dick, and Thomas Robbins.

Proper noun examples

1

I'm always a little surprised that Allan Bromley's work is not mentioned in stories about the Antikythera mechanism.

2

Bromley or South Croydon is full of actual countryside and the occasional bit of woodland with far fewer people, and still in London, for example.

3

It's one of the greenest boroughs in London, and also one of the largest (5th, after Bromley, Hillingdon, Havering and Barnet).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bromley in a sentence?

There are also a low number of collisions in the boroughs of Bromley and Bexley in south-east London.

What does bromley mean?

A London borough of Greater London.

What part of speech is bromley?

bromley is commonly used as noun.