Sentence examples for plain and elaborate from inspiring English sources

The grammar here is both plain and elaborate: there is no internal punctuation, just a repetitive chain of prepositions (of, on, of, on), but there are delicate changes of light and shade and scale as the sentence unfolds.

In the building's mixture of plain functionality and elaborate decoration you can feel the tension the place represents, trying to combine democratic sensibility and noble sentiments, principles of equality and high aspiration.

The development of funerary architecture in Crete proceeds from the old chamber ossuaries of the Early Minoan period (2750 2000 bc) to the developed tholoi, or beehive tombs, of the Mesara plain and the elaborate temple-tombs of Knossos that appeared at the end of the Middle Minoan period.

"Plain on the outside and elaborate within".

The one nearest the keep is relatively plain and the northernmost one more elaborate.

Or it can be classical, marked with columns, with a straight-on approach, a drop-dead, 'I'm rich' thing". Cunningham said he sometimes uses two sets of doors--modest and plain outside, more elaborate inside.

Witches have a long and elaborate history.

No big plans and elaborate stuff.

Take the Wired Beans collection of Scotch and sake glasses shown at the Japanese pavilion, an elegant assortment of plain design and more elaborate lacquered tumblers that come in a special wooden box and carry a lifetime guarantee: you break it, they'll replace it.

Plain and simple: branding.

Lobster, plain and proper.