The original area developed haphazardly and consisted of a few residences, two churches, several small stores, a blacksmith, and a wheelwright.

Other examples can be seen at Grand Parade-the east side of Old Steine, developed haphazardly with large houses in a variety of styles and materials in the early 19th century; York Place, a fashionable address when built in the 1800s; and Market Street in The Lanes, Brighton's ancient core of narrow streets.

As in Venice itself, the "campi" developed haphazardly in the urban fabric where it was natural for residents to congregate, especially around churches, civic buildings, fountains, and cisterns.

The old capital developed haphazardly, like an enormous bazaar.

Opening nomenclature developed haphazardly, and most names are historical accidents not based on systematic principles.

And some ecological theorists cite his results in support of the contention that ecosystems assemble and develop not haphazardly, as if by accident, but in special patterns and sequences, according to specific affinities.

Aquaculture consents developed haphazardly, with regional councils unsure about how marine farms might impact coastal environments.

The system of the administrative and territorial division of the RSFSR was developing haphazardly in the beginning of the 1920s: it was inconsistent, expensive to maintain, and not very effective in practice.

Unique Place in America The sophisticated design is significant, Mr. Miller said, because historians had long assumed that like most frontier towns, St. Mary's City developed haphazardly or was laid out in a simple grid.

Common law pleading operated under ad hoc procedures that developed haphazardly through case law.