Sentence examples for fine proportions from inspiring English sources

In Queen Anne's reign in England (1702 14), bookcases became extremely simple, relying for effect on fine proportions and veneers.

The tower stands out in the cityscape because of its shape and the fine proportions of its metal and glass facades.

Insist on high quality, which means fine proportions; good, sturdy legs on chairs and tables; and, especially, simple lines and finishes.

In Christie's sale of Chinese ceramics and works of art on Wednesday, Lot 195 is an exceptionally large (29.5 inches tall), amber-colored Tang horse with fine proportions and well-modeled musculature.

G — M — " describes Sara in terms of her sitting room in this lovely old house ("Its fine proportions in that attitude/of gratified compliance worn by salons/whose white-and-gold has settled into home"), and expresses, incidentally, what all the Murphys' friends have remarked on at one time or another — their talent for making any place they live in seem a revelation of their own personalities.

Also notable are a series of unusual Transitional Gothic bays, fine woodwork and the central tower, which, though not large, is nevertheless of particularly fine proportions.

Granted, many have achieved a fine proportion between the two realms, but I regard these fellows suspiciously, especially when their legs are tanned and hairless.

He was short of stature, but this was concealed by the fine proportion and symmetry of his figure, and was noticeable only by comparison with some taller person standing beside him.

Andrea Palladio (1508 80) was an influential architect who worked in the region of Venice in the sixteenth century and whose buildings are characterised by symmetry, fine proportion and formal elements drawn from Ancient Classical architecture.

However, as hazardous components (like heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls) are preferentially entrapped in the finer proportion, a number of judicious solutions such as vermitechnology have been proposed to resolve those problems.

Expressed as a fraction of the sand content of the soils the fine sand proportions are about 60%% for the topsoil at Site 1 and 82 % for the subsoil, compared with more than 95%% for both the top- and subsoils at Site 3. The implications of these are discussed later.