Sentence examples for in the edifice from inspiring English sources

And that represents a significant crack in the edifice.

By the day, almost by the hour, the cracks in the edifice of modern tennis are widening.

Until such a moment the authorities will try to fill in cracks in the edifice of power as the internet exposes them.

In retrospect, that incident in the Independent newsroom was the first sign of a fissure in the edifice of News International.

Who can forget Mr Banks's classic midlife lament: 'A man has dreams of walking with giants To carve his niche in the edifice of time.

Mr. Stark's resignation, nearly three years before his term was up, is widely viewed as another fissure in the edifice of European unity, which has suffered as wealthier countries like Germany have been asked to underwrite poor performers like Greece.

If you wanted to buy or sell shares in AT&T or General Motors, the trade would take place at 18 Broad Street, in the 1903 edifice designed by George B. Post.

Then, in late 1942, the edifice began to topple.

In 1975 the edifice crumbled amid the financial crisis that almost engulfed the City.

He succeeded to a large extent in maintaining the edifice supported by those four pillars during his lifetime.

That advance, indeed, was a by no means negligible factor in turning into the opposite direction the tide of funds which had been flowing so strongly towards New York, and in causing the edifice of American speculation to totter.