Sentence examples for monument meaning from inspiring English sources

Last summer, at Reid's urging, President Obama declared seven hundred and four thousand acres of pristine wilderness surrounding "City" a national monument, meaning that it will be protected from development, including a nuclear rail line, for as long as the United States exists.

The castle is a Scheduled Monument, meaning it is a "nationally important" historic building and archaeological site which has been given protection against unauthorised change.

Sections of the track have been designated as a Scheduled Monument, meaning that it is a "nationally important" historic structure and archaeological site protected against unauthorised change.

While the Government yesterday designated a handful of medieval villages in Northamptonshire as "scheduled monuments", meaning they will be protected from development, Doddershall over the border wasn't so lucky.

People are obsessed with getting photos of themselves in front of various monuments, meaning a big part of his job is to shuffle through cameras taking shot after shot of couples and families posing in front of the Big Ben.

Now, a flurry of discoveries offers a new perspective on the monuments' meaning and origins.

In a passage reminiscent of a graduate-school seminar in literary theory, Justice Alito went on to say that "monuments convey meaning" in many ways.

While ancient Roman and Renaissance builders used high-quality stone, in the medieval era builders often skimped on the quality of their materials, he said, meaning monuments from that period were less likely to stand in the event of a quake.

We question the purpose of a monument, the meaning of a monument, by producing a piece that reminds us of the way we were.

Miller and Acosta quickly launched off into further rancorous dialogue, but that first back-and-forth set up the question about the monument's meaning.

His chapter on the Sphinx -- and the battle between archaeologists and New Agers over the monument's meaning -- provides a window on the modern yearning to connect with ancient civilizations while at the same time underscoring the dangers of people imposing their own fantasies on an ever-receding historical past.