Sentence examples for gold platter from inspiring English sources

After Nigeria's interim leader returned his passport "on a gold platter", Soyinka found his welcome "overwhelming.

A pure gold platter on which ancient Sicilians once offered food to Greek gods was returned to the Italian authorities yesterday, concluding a 16-year odyssey.

With fanfare and the kinds of fulsome speeches usually reserved for wedding toasts, Italian officials thanked their American counterparts today for returning a fourth-century B.C. gold platter that Italy has been seeking to recover for nearly 20 years.

New money was presented on a gold platter in Rich, Russian and Living in London.

The way we talk about "The Curriculum" you would think that it was something delivered on a gold platter from on high.

Many booths, however, sold the very sort of handmade crafts that one would hope to find: ornate Persian carpets, many woven by nomadic peoples like the Turkmen and Lors; finely painted miniatures depicting hunting trips and polo matches; lacquered vases and bowls; and copper, silver and gold platters.

Silver or gold tri-platters, expensive-looking plates with a simple design on the trim, or something of the sort will make people want to try it.

Barnum's Moorish furniture, carved with snakes and dragons; crystal chandeliers; monogrammed china; and gold-plated platters are being swaddled in protective wrappers.

This pouting youngster is not the only bright-eyed guitar strummer with career problems in this lively little jukebox musical, which boasts a set of gold-plated platters that puts most of the rest of the karaoke competition in the shade.

A show and sale by 175 artisans, of items like gold jewelry, ceramic platters, chenille blankets and lamps, starts tomorrow, from 3 to 9 p.m.

It had been given to us on a platter of gold, as our leader told us.