Sentence examples for based on holy from inspiring English sources

The portrait was based on "Holy Virgin Mary," the painting in the "Sensation" exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum that the mayor found offensive.

It's hard to choose a favourite: I love dulce de chirimoya (custard apple), which is only available towards the end of summer when the fruit is most flavoursome, and the caramely dulce de pestiño, based on another sweet typical of Holy Week.

For American policymakers, the most frightening possibility is that the Muslim Brotherhood would sweep the parliamentary elections and institute a constitution based on Islamic holy law.

Julia Preston (NYT UNITEDD NATIONS VATICAN'S ROLE -- More than 440 non-government organizations called for a review of the Vatican's observer status at the United Nations, which is based on the Holy See's claim to territory in Rome, not on its status as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

The large domed building is based on the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, a replica of which the Adornes family built in Bruges in 1427, called the Jerusalem chapel.

Many often try to go out of their way to attempt to prove their piety by passing hateful laws they claim are based on their holy book.

We believe that this agreement opens the way for a new era in the Holy Land, one based on mutual respect.

Lines in the ceiling of an auditorium are apparently based on paths to the Holy Land on a 15th-century map — a purely private conceit.

LACMA's tender composition is even based on a traditionally Christian Holy Family motif.

Since antiquity, Christians have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of people based on the concept of "Holy War".

I am currently working on a long feature documentary, Terracotta Daughters, about gender preference and human selection, based on my triptych of projects: Holy Daughters, Holy River in India, and Terracotta Daughters in China.