Sentence examples for a string of grands from inspiring English sources

But just an hour away in Cardiff a string of grands projets have been built - including the Millennium Stadium, the Millennium Centre and - more recently - the Cardiff City and Swalec stadiums.

To take tourists to the wilderness the railway built a string of grand hotels and back-country lodges during the 1920's.

She was unable to have children - a string of grand passions transformed her life, but she died alone, with no family.

It reached its heyday in the early 20th century, after the construction of a string of grand hotels, and its population peaked in 1930 at more than 66,000, far more than the current 40,000.

Freeman finished the 1996 season with a string of Grand Prix victories at 400 metres, and, after a brief layoff, she returned to form in 1997 with the year's fastest 400-metre time when she clocked 49.39 seconds at Oslo in July.

Like Thompson, John Kilroy -- his defending class champion, Samba Pa Ti, finished second this year -- traded down from a string of larger grand prix racers to join the Farr 40 contingent.

AFTER a string of delays, a grand national dialogue conference to pave the way to harmonious reform in Yemen started on March 18th, the second anniversary of an attack by security forces on pro-democracy demonstrators that left scores of them dead.

Murray has come to success late – or at the very least, later than those in his peer group, such as Djokovic, Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro – and has had to deal with an unprecedented string of grand slam final failures before ascending to the elite winners' circle.

Soap Lake, southernmost in a string of lakes in the Grand Coulee valley, central Washington state, U.S. Volcanic in origin, its water is rich in minerals and salts and is regarded as having medicinal properties.

The gig takes place in the bright, domed foyer, around a splendid grand piano, with a string of fairylights marking out a makeshift stage.

And the program has produced a string of embarrassing corruption cases, prompting a special grand jury in Queens to write a report in 2004 saying the system needed to be overhauled.