William Butterfield's gothic confection, half seat of learning, half Black Forest gateau, has divided residents ever since its completion in 1870.
Half seat of power, with all the attendant trappings (impressive monuments, world-class museums, plenty of landmarks), half a quirky, seductive place with its own particular charms, many of which are distinctly Southern (grits with breakfast, crab cakes of every shape and description).
Of those, about half are seats in new school buildings, and half seats that once belonged to other schools, according to an administration official.
Luke Smith may be keeping Saracens' fly-half seat warm for his fellow South African Jannie de Beer, but he settled into the position as if it were a comfy sofa.
The half-seat was to be joined to a chunk of the English mainland, creating a constituency divided by several miles of sea.
A tall languid-looking soldier, unshaven, but with a beautiful mop of hair, a cleft chin, and somewhat devilish, lazy eyes, enters the compartment, looks insolently around, sees the empty half-seat between the fat woman and the widow, and, with many flirtatious apologies, sits down.
With the thunder of enemy hooves in my ears, I roared to gallop, rose into a dicey "half-seat," swung my mallet, and with an artful combination of grace and athleticism…sent the ball sputtering languidly between my horse's legs.
I'm crammed in the back of the truck in those makeshift, half-seats that force you sit sideways.
Do some two-point, sometimes known as half-seat or jump seat, exercises.
The half-seat is done by rising a couple of centimetres out of the saddle, making sure that you also stand lightly in the stirrups (remember: stirrups are just for balance solely), and folding over the horse's neck.
The first time that you canter, you should canter in your half-seat or galloping position, this is when you stand up slightly, lean over slightly onto his neck and move your hand farther up his neck.
