Sentence examples for as a visual symbol from inspiring English sources

Interestingly, obesity is never directly addressed in the film; it exists as a visual symbol of the poverty in which Precious is being raised.

The commission, according to its chief, David Yassky, wants a vehicle that is greener, more space efficient, more accessible and also iconic - serving as a visual symbol of the city.

Throughout his career, the maestro of Milan has used water and its blue-green colors as a visual symbol — not least in his last Privé collection, when the liquid surfaces of high-tech fabrics gave the effect of watery reflections.

Many ME patients are too ill to take part the global day of action, so instead they will leave pairs of shoes in public places as a visual symbol of the millions of lives gone unlived, jobs undone, relationships never formed by people with the disease.

I consider it an artwork -- not only because it was made (initially) by artists but also because, as a visual symbol with various possible meanings (I have AIDS; I demand action about AIDS; I care about people with AIDS; everyone else cares about AIDS), it used the codes of visual design (color, line, texture, etc).

"A year down the road, if she has firmly established herself as a senator who can get things done and not just as a celebrity," said Bill Dal Col, campaign manager for Rick Lazio, Mrs. Clinton's opponent in the Senate race, "then she'll be something that has to be dealt with, dealt with not only as a representative of a liberal agenda, but as a visual symbol of a prior administration".

"Despite some strong headwinds this year, the American economy has now created, in the private sector, jobs for the past 21 months in a row," Mr. Obama said, appearing in Washington alongside former President Bill Clinton, as good a visual symbol as any of prosperity under a Democratic administration.

The city "needs a visual symbol of the nation's commitment to new architecture," he claims.

They have been around since 1921 but as the DVLA also keeps electronic records of who has paid vehicle tax it is a "visual symbol" of a "move into the modern age" according to the Treasury.

As an outcome of the study, it was understood that the design scale could be satisfactorily used in the design process of a visual symbol system for Turkish language.

This is a visual symbol of the powerlessness attributed to the human condition.