Sentence examples for an elaborate facade from inspiring English sources

But government officials, former employees and others say Mr. Scrushy created an elaborate facade by manipulating those around him.

Spiegelworld's new show, "Empire," begins previews on May 22 inside the Spiegeltent, which itself will be hidden behind an elaborate facade meant to suggest a crumbling theater.

Like its main character, it's ready to go with light, sound, and spectacle, but it's all just an elaborate facade for something altogether ordinary.

The upper level of the platform is recessed against the rear of the lower level and possesses an elaborate facade with four access stairways separated by corniced ramps.

Since the Plaza is a landmark, its elaborate facade is protected by law, and exterior advertising must be kept to a minimum.

Speaking of the elaborate facade, James R. Pesci Jr., a vice president of S L Green, said: "What you see is the jewelry.

His trial on 18 charges of bank and tax fraud has ripped away the elaborate facade of a man who, the story went, had moved the swimming pool at one of his eight homes a few feet to catch the perfect combination of sun and shade, and who worked for the Trump campaign at no charge to intimate that for a man of his fabulous wealth, a salary was trivial.

The Cathedral of Saint-Pierre (1105–28; restored 19th century) is a domed Romanesque-Byzantine structure whose elaborate facade, enriched with Romanesque sculpture, contrasts sharply with the stark, aisleless interior.

In the Roman theatre it was an elaborate building facade.

Indeed, the scaffolding at Cocóspera was constructed to keep an elaborate Franciscan facade from peeling off its plain Jesuit face.

The new center opened in November and occupies about 10,000 square feet at 555 Washington Avenue, a five-story former department store building with an elaborate ornamented facade.