The phrase "as the marble" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
Without additional context, it is difficult to determine when it could be used effectively.
Example: "He rolled down the hill as the marble."
Alternatives: "like the marble" or "similar to the marble."
Still others, such as The Marble Faun (1860), were set in distant countries.
"The cats of Rome are by definition as ancient as the marble capitals they lounge on," he said.
It has eroded into marble, and the entire area around the Housatonic River is known as the Marble Valley.
The hipster trend downtown is uniformless; at the Empire State Building, the uniforms are dyed the precise shade of gray as the marble in the elevators.
As ground personnel, we, like the stewardesses, were as polished as the marble counters of the flagship Counter Vanderbilt office in which we worked.
Chinese people munch on sunflower seats all day but these are as inedible, Adrian Searle points out, as the marble sugar cubes produced by Duchamp, Ai's icon.
It's beautiful, with original Victorian features, such as the marble-topped bar and ornate ceiling.
Always intense in Antony Tudor's dark dance-dramas, she was hilarious as the marble-faced Italian ballerina in his "Gala Performance".
As the marbles return to home base, so Rebecca will return to her duties as professional hostess at the Open Arms and materfamilias of the spectacularly unhappy Davitch clan.
PAGE D2 Currents D3 Shopping With Furnishings to Lift Spirits On a recent visit to Manhattan, Sam Lemheney, who designs the Philadelphia Flower Show, went shopping for furnishings and decorative accessories, such as the marbles above.
As for the marble blocks around the roof, all of the mortar will be replaced, Bello said.
