Sentence examples for large standing from inspiring English sources

One fine, large standing image comes from Kotabangun in Borneo; but some come from Java.

Earlier in the 12th century the Hindu kings also kept large standing armies that included cavalry.

They had become so large, standing at the rim, strengthening their wings".

First of all, it's rather large, standing at least 100 feet tall.

Without a "large, standing coalition military presence" in the region, one said, there could be no guarantee of deterring him.

Mr. Cao is not large, standing only 5 feet 2 inches by his own sheepishly given reckoning.

Second, it renders large standing armies unnecessary an argument that Alexander Hamilton made in favor of federal control over the militia.

Some storks are very large, standing over 1.2 metres (4 feet) high and having wingspans up to 2.6 metres (8.5 feet).

The tide of the S-shaped north-south Atlantic basin can be viewed as a single phenomenon that behaves like a large standing wave passing through the basin.

At other times, large standing magnifying glasses distort the dancers' faces and body parts: a bicep bulges behind the glass, resembling a peapod.

So large standing screens of thin wood woven in soft wavelike patterns can be deployed as shutters, as they were for the second half of each concert on Thursday through Saturday, and also for the first half on Saturday.