Sentence examples for marble it from inspiring English sources

Carved out of white marble, it is missing its head and forearms but remains dazzling for its virtuosity.

Therefore, if plaintiff is making an unusual use of its yard, in view of the fact that it is located in a district largely devoted to manufacturing purposes, or if the marble it stacks in its yard is of such a delicate nature as to become stained and injured from substances discharged from the smokestacks of factories by which it is surrounded, it ought not to recover.

And his death was portended by what happened to a statue of him that stood on the Alban Mount beside that of Jupiter; for in spite of its being of marble it sent forth streams of blood.

Constructed of gray stone and marble, it is oriented so that its corners roughly correspond to the points of the compass.

The cathedral of Florence is a great Gothic building, incrusted on the outside with marble; it is remarkable for nothing but its cupola, which is said to have been copied by the architect of St. Peter's at Rome, and for its size, which is much greater than that of any other church in Christendom.

A hefty chunk of marble it is not.

And just like the Elgin Marbles, it only really makes sense when seen back in its proper setting in the radical Acropolis of Marxist thought.

"If you get used to not winning, even if it's in marbles, it translates into your attitude".

"Anytime you play 60 minutes for all the marbles, it's going to be a great game.

SCIENCE TIMES, PAGE F1 The Elgin Marbles It Isn't Who wants a larger-than-life marble statue of Margaret Thatcher and her handbag?

If you ask the people who argue passionately for retention when they last went to see the marbles, it is striking how few have been in the past five years.