Sentence examples for return of pieces from inspiring English sources

The world of antiquities collecting has been reshaped fundamentally over the last several years, after battles between American museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and countries like Italy that have demanded the return of pieces they say were illegally taken from their soil.

But their claim to them came at a time when Italy, Greece and several other countries had begun to wage impassioned public campaigns for repatriation of objects viewed as cultural patrimony that led to the return of pieces by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Informal matches played by soldiers on makeshift grounds in army camps and contests between the first nines of the premier clubs of Northern cities kept the pastime alive during wartime and provided the foundation for the baseball boom that followed the return of piece.

"Slowly we are seeing the return of some pieces.

In separate interviews, both the lawyer, Mario Roberty, and the Egyptian consul general in New York, Mahmoud Allam, said the article had been instrumental in securing the return of the pieces to Egypt.

But the return of that piece, Amar'e Stoudemire, on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden — his first action since knee surgery in October — was greeted with a cautious optimism.

In fact, during the nineties the Getty did return a number of pieces that scholars or members of True's own department identified as having been illegally removed from a particular site or collection in Italy.

Grouped under the working title "The Return of Persephone," the pieces are, he said, "lyrical and positive," strong on melody without sacrificing the rhythmic grooves for which he is known.

One asked for the return of a single piece and agreed to donate the rest to the museum, he said.

Cambodia is also seeking the return of a companion piece, of a warrior called Bhima, that is on display at the Norton Simon Museum in California.

With the retirement of the shuttles, NASA will no longer be able to return large pieces of equipment back to Earth.