Sentence examples for maintain a scale from inspiring English sources

To maintain a scale that is compatible with surrounding residential neighborhoods, he said, the proposed building has been given a series of wings separated from each other by courtyards so that the structure unfolds one section at a time.

"We were charged with maintaining a scale and an architectural profile consistent with the traditional residential character of the town, but reflecting the nontraditional nature of the art," he said.

Mr. Erickson also campaigned for buildings that strove to maintain a human scale.

"So, China needs to maintain a certain scale of troops, which is completely for a purpose of defense".

The UC Berkeley estimate also includes some who earn slightly more than the lowest wage and stand to benefit from a ripple effect as businesses dole out raises to try to maintain a pay scale based on experience, Jacobs said.

There was no thought at this stage that the BBC would maintain a full-scale symphonic orchestra of up to 100 players.

Compare this to the million dollars per year it costs the United States for each soldier in Afghanistan, or the billion dollars per month that Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated it would cost to maintain a full-scale military operation in Syria of the sort originally planned.

Here his approach was measured, not overemphasised, with an ambitiously full range of dynamics on offer; the Barbican is a large space for such an essentially intimate work to fill, but there was never any doubt that this performance would maintain an appropriate scale.