Sentence examples for ceilings rise from inspiring English sources

The Moroccan-style doors are 12 feet high, and ceilings rise to 14 feet, accented with crystal chandeliers.

This assault on the tyranny of low ceilings rises 190 feet from floor to skylight.

Under our feet lies the largest sea cave in Britain: vaulted ceilings rising 20 metres high.

The drugstore occupies 40 Wall Street's cavernous old bank space, with vaulted ceilings rising two stories above the marble floor.

The vaulted ceilings rose so high above the gallery walls that the whole floor had the feel of a single palatial room.

The duplexes, with ceilings rising to 30 feet, will sit atop a five-story 1878 brick building, originally occupied by Levy Brothers, a garment maker, and most recently by A. Flesig Sons, a paper-box company.

Inside are spacious salons with timber-beamed ceilings, rose tile floors and ceramic fireplaces, faded oriental rugs and pedigreed provincial antiques.

The entire place is lit by huge metal lanterns that hang from the ceiling, rise up from the floor or just cluster in corners.

Neither idea gained much traction, and on Monday night, Boehner presented a last-ditch proposal linking the debt ceiling rise to the re-introduction of military pension benefits, which had been cut from the recent budget.

If Congress approves increase If Congress overrides increase The bill retains a strategy first proposed by Senate Republicans that allows conservatives in the House tovote against a debt ceiling rise without actually defeating it, by giving the president authority to raise it subject to approval by Congress.

But Mr Carney reiterated the White House would not accept a debt ceiling rise with conditions attached, saying the right thing to do was to "remove that gun from the table".