Sentence examples for high stories from inspiring English sources
Over a limestone base, the architect set four high stories.
But at the same time, they will have had the chance to develop a passion for the "high stories" of history.
He makes the sharp observation that in times of cultural fullness high stories and low dramas coincide; the plots of "King Lear" and "Macbeth," like those of the Iliad, could be played in a village or a court.
The spectacular statues were carefully positioned and lit by sunshine streaming in from the enormous skylight two high stories overhead; the blocky gray basalt plinths — imported at considerable expense from Orvieto — and the creamy walls were as inconspicuously luxurious as the fixtures of a Giorgio Armani boutique.
But early on in his control of the Tower there were murders of rivals, and a number of those killed were cut up and thrown off of high stories, just as men are ritually executed in Venezuela's prisons, where he spent much of his life.
Based on the experimental results, the behavior of both specimens was ductile and maintained their strength at high story drifts.
The added lateral strength may lead to higher component force demands, producing premature yielding, and high story accelerations, causing damage to contents.
Mr. Libeskind proposes an enormous tower, 1,776 feet high, whose highest stories would be public gardens.
Compared with the story shear versus inter-story drift curves of higher stories, the curves of lower stories generally show distinct yield points.
In the higher structures plastic hinges formed first at the top and bottom ends of the columns located in the higher stories due to the higher mode effects.
