Sentence examples for base marble from inspiring English sources

By contrast, at McMurdo Station and at the former North Base (Marble Point) the distribution of G. hodgsoni and S. molliswas restricted, relative to previous records.

Carp have settled into a lily pond at the base of marble sphinxes by the sculptor Paul Manship.

"I like things that speak to me," Dr. Saeedpour said one recent afternoon as a visitor scanned the cozy living space, taking in a table that she had made with an old iron base and marble scrounged on the street; a polished brass bed; an array of potted plants; and a row of crinkle-faced figurines lined up near the door as if on their way out.

The wall's proximity to the sea and the strong currents of the Propontis meant that eastern and southern shores of the peninsula were comparatively safe from attack, but conversely, the walls had to be protected against the sea itself: a breakwater of boulders was placed in front of their base, and marble shafts were used as bonds in the walls' base to enhance their structural integrity.

All meat is rated based on marbling.

It's a bold but never brazen piece of design: from it's hefty, rectangular marble base springs a tall, steel stem that curves under the weight of a metal shade.

"It was a Belgian marble base.

A card table with a faux marble base.

The 25-foot-tall statue of Verdi, on a granite drum base decked with marble lyres, was carved by Pasquale Civiletti.

"Foot Tree" from 1928 balances an angular mass of polished brass on a milk-colored marble base.

Yet spreading out from the base of its marble columns, the grounds around the courthouse were overgrown and garbage-strewn.