Galleries such as Tate Nottingham are mere provincial outposts for the London art scene.

Lacking strategic significance or exploitable riches, Costa Rica became a minor provincial outpost.

Within ten years the gold rush had transformed Melbourne from a provincial outpost of the British Empire to a wealthy and rapidly expanding city.

The handsome captain, Giorgio, breaks their reverie by telling Clara that he is being transferred to a provincial military outpost.

It was the provincial outpost of Mars City.

It reflects Weimar's position as a provincial outpost that, through a series of happy circumstances, became a fountainhead of creative energy.

The service and accommodations were miserable, but at least the traveler never had to worry about having to fend for himself or herself in some provincial outpost.

In 1947 it was a provincial outpost.

Viennese, however, seemed oblivious to the goings-on in what many consider a charming provincial outpost.

There is an Indian-summer quality to this provincial outpost of Central Europe.