Sentence examples for shape of a palm from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, he is testing TerraCottem in the development of the Palm, an enormous artificial island in the shape of a palm tree that is being built in the Persian Gulf off the Dubai coast.

The luxury Burj al Arab hotel had opened late the previous year, while plans for the Palm Jumeirah, a man-made island in the shape of a palm tree that cost $14 billion, and the construction of a third terminal at Dubai International Airport, were in the works.

These include Palm Island, a vast new resort development constructed in the shape of a palm, which projects 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) into the sea off Jumeirah and extends Dubai's coastline by 61 kilometers (38 mi).

One is a cooler in the shape of a palm tree; the other is a blowup cactus (known to aficionados as Cactus Pete) that stands more than five feet tall.

The new Blackberry 957 is roughly the size and shape of a Palm device but is closer in spirit to the original Blackberry pager, the 950, than to a personal digital assistant.

These new artificial islands, known as "The World", are just part of a plan to create hundreds of kilometres of new waterfront for Dubai, attracting visitors and wealthy home-owners from around the (real) world.The World's developer, Nakheel, built its first artificial-island chain in Dubai in 2001 in the shape of a palm.

From the air, close to 400 villas fan out into the ocean in the shape of a giant palm tree, much like the Palm in Dubai -- a grandiose development that has been plagued with problems from its inception.

The developer headed for one of the fair's more popular booths to inquire after the villas on the Palm Jumeirah, a landfill off the coast of Dubai being pounded into the shape of a date palm and promoted as the ''eighth wonder of the world,'' visible from outer space.

One was in the shape of a spreading palm tree.

Jars used as receptacles for cosmetics include a small cylindrical one of faience (1427-1400 B.C). in the shape of a miniature palm tree, elegantly carved with the cartouches of Amenhotep II and hieroglyphics touting his physical and military prowess.

Why then, we'll just blow up a mountain range and transport it 100 miles to the coast and build a beach in the shape of a ruddy great palm tree.