Sentence examples for removing centuries from inspiring English sources

Today's Bordeaux is smooth and elegant, thanks to reclaimed docklands and a beautification effort that is removing centuries of soot from its venerable squares and medieval churches.

"I took architecture students to work with the superintendent of monuments of Split on the conservation of the stone in the Orsini Chapel, which involved painstakingly removing centuries of soot and candle grease".

However, in a process tracked in a BBC2 Culture Show special to be shown tonight, the painting was cleaned and restored, removing centuries of grime and old varnish, dated from a paint sample and then studied by art experts including Christopher Brown, director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, an internationally acclaimed expert on Van Dyck, who confirmed it was the genuine article.

The stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle have been painstakingly taken down and cleaned to remove centuries of dirt.

Gould gave the impression of cleaning up Bach, of removing a century of distorting varnish and returning the music to its rigorous intellectual roots.

The other day, as she was completing the laborious task of removing a century's worth of grime with toothbrushes dipped in a soap solution, Ms. Rosen marveled at the skill of the mosaics' creators.

This event transformed Spokane's downtown, removing a century of railroad infrastructure and reinventing the urban core.

We are logging the refuges of wildlife and removing biological legacies that take centuries to build up".

Most of the island's original vegetation was removed through centuries of agricultural exploitation, particularly during the first two decades of the 20th century, when farm settlers and plantation workers destroyed large tracts of coastal forest and used the lumber for railroad ties and fuel.

A 10-year-long cleaning and restoration of the Sistine Ceiling completed in 1989 removed several centuries' accumulation of dirt, smoke, and varnish.

This summer Mr. Morigi, with the help of his son Lorenzo, used steam, dental tools and patience to remove five centuries of wax and dirt from the surface of the Gardner bronze.