But Waiheke so far remains determined to remain removed from big-city life.

His first assignments were foreign to the big-city life he knew.

Today I wear vintage that is not costumey, yet it does fit my romantic idea of big-city life.

His major adjustment was to a little campus and the big-city life around it.

Some of them said they're tired of coping with big-city life.

There are certain things that he misses about big-city life, but he is starting to forget.

Suddenly, the open road holds a fresh appeal for those who have single-mindedly pursued big-city lives and ambitions.

The anonymity and alienation of big-city life makes people hard and unfeeling.

The musical mix and the dynamics sounds of big-city life eventually gave birth to new styles.

But you should know as well as anyone that big-city life ain't all it's cracked up to be.