Sentence examples for a bit of ancient from inspiring English sources

THE Iskcon Sri Radha Krishna-Chandra Temple feels like a bit of ancient India preserved in the heart of modern Bangalore.

Sappho, for a bit of ancient gender politics; Aphra Behn for theater gossip; and George Eliot because everyone who knew her said she was fascinating.

The other, more linear, resembles a bit of ancient ironwork, a butterfly or a fanciful account of the body's internal organs.

If you're looking for a bit of ancient Roman grandeur east of Italy's tourist hordes, you would do well to come here.

He was a voracious reader, and relatives recall his ability to recite in an instant a bit of ancient wisdom or lines from a poem to fit any situation.

Corbyn himself had kept the fun going by ducking a chance to join the council last month (it's a bit of ancient freemasonry that goes with the job) on the humorous grounds that he was busy.

"I'm a bit of an ancient ­myself.

Idle, who will direct, said of the shows: "There will be a little comedy, some pathos, music, and a tiny bit of ancient sex".

"There will be a little comedy, some pathos, music, and a tiny bit of ancient sex," Eric Idle, who will direct, promised.

Microcosm and macrocosm reflect one another: a tiny bit of ancient sea shell that looks like a wave is given, by art, the scale and weight of a huge wave crashing towards the shore.

Those who attend, he said, should understand that "all of us experience a little bit of ancient Egypt in ourselves".