Sentence examples for gently graded from inspiring English sources

Lutyens's abiding grievance was that Baker countermanded his order that the triumphal avenue to the Viceroy's House be gently graded, allowing the central dome to be constantly visible as one approaches.

Instead of a staircase, the tower has gently graded ramps that lead up to a landing where the muezzin used to call the faithful to prayer five times a day.

Despite past ravages (for many, this causeway tops the list), there's still lots left to protect: gently graded, pure white beaches strewn with 400 species of shells; freshwater wetlands and mangrove swamps; and wildlife like gophers, tortoises, alligators, river otters and, at last count, 247 species of birds that frequent the island's nature preserves.

German cable television broadcasts shows like "Das Perfekte Promi Dinner," which features minor German soap actors, former athletes and the occasional ex-porn star shopping and cooking meals for one another in their (generally modest) homes, then being gently graded on the results.

Among the most spectacular is the ancient Dujiangyan irrigation system of the Chengdu Plain, which dates to the Qin dynasty (221 207 bce); it captures the torrential flow of the Min River and guides it through an artificial multiplication of channels into numerous distributaries along the gently graded plain.

And it gives Uruguay's players a gently graded increase in altitude to prepare them for the trip to La Paz four days later.

That meant gently grading the site and using its largest rocks to create an underlying structure that would provide the piece with natural drainage, a project she accomplished with the aid of the landscape architect Edwina von Gal.

The Dino's bug-eyed front, grading gently to a curvaceous rear end, became a signature of the Italian look in sports cars.

Interspersed with small mounds or dunes, the ground would be graded so that it rose gently to the east edge, where the river panorama unfolds.

In Oman, northeastern slopes are short and steep, but on the southwest flanks the slopes grade gently to the Rubʿ al-Khali desert basin.

It not only boasted pavement, but ran atop a flat, gently curving railroad grade that had been abandoned after 1915 when the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western realigned its tracks.