Sentence examples for decorative value from inspiring English sources

She said they were only of decorative value, and later explained that decorative value means it's a piece of junk.

"These pieces have a strong decorative value," she said.

Special types combine decorative value with thermal- and sound-insulating properties.

He will compare the decorative value of older Oriental rugs to newer handmade and machine-made Oriental "design" rugs.

Plywood has many advantages over natural wood; among them are dimensional stability (the primary advantage), uniformity of strength, resistance to splitting, panel form, and decorative value.

The general army consensus runs roughly as follows: despite the decorative value of certain specimens, "birds" are physically weak, consistently stupid and ditzy, and prone to skiving off physical training by claiming they have women problems.

The purchase was announced a day before Sotheby's in London was to have auctioned the 450 works of fine art and decorative objects valued at $25 million to $40 million.

The auction house was to have sold the 450 works of fine and decorative objects, valued at about $40 million, in London today and tomorrow, but canceled the sale when Mr. Usmanov, right, offered to buy the entire collection for substantially more than its estimate.

These effects enhance look as well as decorative and aesthetic value of clothing.

And although contemporary art has had a great year, prices for Old Masters are stagnant and Chinese decorative art is losing value.Worse, transaction costs, sometimes as high as 4%, make art an especially expensive asset to trade.

Final estimates for elephant poaching across Africa in 2014 will not come out for some time, but conservationists say the number of the animals being slain for ivory -- valued for decorative purposes in China -- is likely exceeding the number being born.