Sentence examples for marble paving from inspiring English sources

The old steps on the Senate wing of the Capitol were carved into 500 marble paving stones set between the columns.

Turner Construction Company, the contractor, will replace 70percentt of the soot-encrusted skylight and its support system, including 2,000 panes of glass, half of the grand staircase and half of the atrium's tricolor marble paving.

The marble paving stones of Cours Paoli reflected the pink light of dawn as we followed Lisandreu out of town and across the Tavignano river.

The black and white marble paving dates from 1677 78.

Or how many hundreds of tons of marble paving stones and facades have been wrenched from their place and hurled as weapons.

The square has white marble paving, and many children were trying to ride bikes on the slippery surface.

3. ALICE MARBLE (1931-1940) A graceful, all-court player, Marble paved the way for a more offensive style in women's tennis.

As I step out of the lift in the basement, I am transported into an oasis of cream marble, crazy paving and columns.

From the 1830's to the 1970's, descendants of the early Dutch settlers and immigrants from many countries quarried marble, refined sugar, fashioned paving stones, made wire and even produced mustard gas during World War I.

And Martin Creed (the lights, the runners) will be taking the dark Scotsman steps for the duration of the Edinburgh Festival, and paving them in marble.

A London merchant, Lewis Roberts, gave "some hundreds of white and black marble stones ... towards ye paving of the upper part of the chapel", according to Francis Mansell in his inventory of 1648.