Sentence examples for modern constructions from inspiring English sources

But television footage also showed that more modern constructions had been partly destroyed.

Buyers and investors "who are coming and going, who don't really live here that much, tend to like the newer, modern constructions," said Marjo Benavides, a broker at the Kiinteistomaailma agency's office in Ullanlinna.

The street Isherwood called home for two and a half years was bombed during World War II, and now the stately prewar buildings — including the one where he lived, with its pale yellow facade mounted with concrete lion heads — are mixed with uninspiring modern constructions.

A reproduction of a medieval window depicting Charlemagne, resplendent in knight's armor and wielding a sword, costs 30,000 koruna (about $1,500 at 20 koruna to $1 . 7 p.m. 2) DINING HOUSE One of Prague's most prominent modern constructions is the Dancing House, a curvy riverfront building designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic, resembling a couple — often called Fred and Ginger — in midstep.

Bundi is supposed to be 'off the beaten track'frozenzen in time', according to tourist literature, and whether it is because we are alone or because there seem to be no modern constructions among the mass of temples, baoris (stepwells) and forts that make up this medieval-feeling town, it's easy to believe that we are among the first to stand at this spot and press the shutter.

The hollowed crankshafts, camshafts or stepped shafts find lately large fields of applications in modern constructions.

Yet the mullet is not a modern construction.

Sounds melodramatic, but when you see the typical modern construction in New York, it's pretty depressing.

• FIFA House, the headquarters of the sport's world governing body, is a modern construction.

On the outside, the building – called The Glasshouse – is an unprepossessing modern construction, painted dark orange.

All the modern construction can obscure the city's charms, especially for foreign visitors.