By the 18th century they had become the central element of polite, refined culture in North India.

Early structures reflect Polynesian heritage and the refined culture of Hawaii.

Konica strove for a more refined Western culture in Albania, but he also valued his country's traditions.

Most locals booze at home, and the city has a refined coffee-drinking culture instead.

As it celebrates the cowboy culture, though, Dallas also displays its passion for refined culture.

Instead, they conspired to import a more refined culture to the meatpacking district.

"There are very refined cultures and normal daily lives behind the political aspects."

The vulgarity of scatological popular theater was a counterpoint to the refined culture imposed from above.

It was evident that the Mixteca, as they were called by everyone but themselves, had once created and maintained an enviably refined culture.

By the middle of the 3rd century, the conditions for the flourishing of a refined legal culture had become less favourable.