Sentence examples for big processions from inspiring English sources

Out go the opera's pantomimic spectacle, big processions and trios of boys and ladies.

India has responded to the unrest in time-worn fashion: with extra troops, live bullets, the detention of separatist leaders who might lead big processions and, now, search-and-cordon operations to lock up suspected stone-pelters.

This explains the "Phantom of the Opera" electronic organ chords at beginning and end, and makes the succeeding performances into one big procession, interposed with actual processions of all the performers.

More necropolis than metropolis, the town's worst traffic jams are caused by funeral processions; Colma residents receive warnings, by automated phone blast, whenever a big procession is expected, whether for San Francisco firefighters or an area Hell's Angel.

She and her staff, meanwhile, are rapidly rethinking how to run an election campaign in the rural areas, where the base of her support lies, without holding the big rallies and processions that are the political tradition here.

At the first bang of a big drum, the procession started, marching at a quick step between the close lines of spectators.

"Rienzi" also poses epic challenges, including a big chorus, marches and processions.

The Aspire academy has state-of-the-art facilities and a slate of perfect pitches used by a procession of big European clubs including Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

In Trafalgar Square we thronged at the foot of Lord Nelson's great column, watching events on a big screen as the procession made its way towards us.

How do you create excitement when most of the action consists of middle-aged white men in conservative suits talking on the phone, and the closest thing to a car chase is a stately procession of big black Town Cars?

For a small island (El Hierro is home to fewer then 11,000 people) it's a big occasion: the 2013 procession purportedly attracted 25,000 revellers, across five weeks of festivities.