Sentence examples for magnificent without from inspiring English sources

Their service is magnificent without being too ingratiating and subservient.

Only those who saw the original version can judge whether it would have been even more magnificent without Wise's editing.

The article goes on: "Never before, perhaps, in so short a space of time, did a family attain fortunes so magnificent without deeds of arms or special services of any public nature".

The buildings should be well designed, on the outside and inside, and should be magnificent without being too grand to represent Norwegian identity and culture.

It's significant that a Bulgarian nationalist can watch "Magnificent Century" without feeling her nationalism compromised, while Erdoğan can't.

Next thing you know, you're at a house party on a dock, or eating at a magnificent restaurant without a sign.

In the Pantanal, a vast wetlands in South America, Seth Kugel saw all sorts of magnificent wildlife without breaking the bank (Page 6).

The trio should be able to preserve the essential elements of Mr. Calatrava's magnificent design without further delaying the memorial.

My favourite novel this year remains Sebastian Barry's magnificent Days Without End – a lyrical, sometimes savage, often achingly tender western about two young gay Irishmen adrift in the American west before, during and following the civil war.

All I can tell you is that it was magnificent: floral without being cloying (though the Yemenis, I read, mix it with carrot seed and claim it as an aphrodisiac – so it could, in theory, be cloying in other ways).

Nicholas Hytner, the former director of the National Theatre, who chaired the judging panel of the Bruntwood prize, has described Soper's drama Wish List as "a magnificent play without an ounce of sentimentality".