Sentence examples for native granite from inspiring English sources

The Evergreen Lodge, we'd heard, had original stonework, carved from five thousand pounds of native granite.

An example of early English Gothic-style architecture, it was built of native granite by local stone masons.

Milled between wheels of native granite, the heirloom corn, grown at organic farms in six states, becomes the grits that beguile chefs like Charlie Trotter of Chicago, Thomas Keller of both Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California and David Pasternack of Esca in New York.

The soil acidity was similar in the standard (pH 6.9) and custom (pH 6.2) organic media mixes and native dolomitic soil (pH 6.4) but was much lower (pH 5.5) in the native granite soil.

For instance, painted wood siding consistent with the buildings along Main Street covers the exterior walls, while a native Connecticut granite base helps the building mesh with its semirural setting.

Having subsequently learned the tool-making techniques of his Te Aupouri ancestors, he started carving native wood, granite, andesite and basalt, based on tribal designs for weapons, paddles or anchor stones.

Inland San Diego County is a tumble of granite outcroppings, native oaks, meadows, cleared and natural, and springs — in other words, a place for some magic.

The senator, whose native Vermont borders the Granite State, has the backing of 56.9percentt of New Hampshire Democrats, compared with 37.6percentt for Clinton, according to HuffPost Pollster's latest polling average.

Methods and Results: Soil properties and growth responses under drought were compared across four growth media types: two native soils (dolomitic limestone and granite), a soil-less industry standard conifer medium, and a custom-mixed conifer medium.

Artificial infrastructures like granite breakwaters can facilitate presence of native and non-native species, which live in the marine-terrestrial interphase (crabs, rats).

The kitchen cabinets were made from koa, a native Hawaiian wood, and the countertops are granite slabs.