Sentence examples for pyramidical from inspiring English sources

Randall Morck, the academic, finds that in large parts of the world pyramidical business groups allow "mere handfuls of wealthy families" to control entire economies (see chart 5, for a schematic view of how this works).

A king named Indravarman I (ruled 877 c. 890) constructed a large reservoir and several temples there, including a pyramidical structure called the Bakong the first Cambodian temple to be built primarily of stone rather than brick.

The final four tiers, containing mechanical equipment, step back more dramatically in a four-sided pyramidical pattern, from which rises an elaborate spire structure.

It's a pretty pyramidical structure and by the time you're in your mid-30s there's nowhere to go in the bank and you move elsewhere.

Image two The pyramidical temple of Kukulkan, the feathered serpent of the Mayans, dominates the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico.

It was so hierarchical and pyramidical prior to the explosion of alternative theatre, and it was never the same afterwards.

The government wants to control drug trafficking, but not destroy it - that would be to lose one of the pillars of Mexico's standing in the global economy.' The cartels, meanwhile, 'have replaced the old pyramidical chain of command with the same concession or franchising system as any other commodity,' he says.

These as well as delicately painted snuff boxes, ancient coins, commemorative gold medals and a rare silver thread wig made for Catherine are displayed in pyramidical showcases.