The Temple of Artemis, said to have been four times larger than the Parthenon, is a handful of slender columns.
The Victorian solution was a series of monumental buildings, including the market hall designed by Sir Horace Jones and completed in the 1880s, a shrine for engineering historians because of the handful of slender wrought iron Phoenix columns (named after the ironworks in the US which created them) which support the enormous roof, the first used in the UK.
But he also brought a thoughtful new attitude, allowing the clothes to express themselves not just on beautiful, slender young models (although there were a handful of them from the superstar Natalia Vodianova to the graceful Chanel Iman).
Serves 4 to 6. 2 lemons, rinsed well and sliced crosswise in paper-thin slices 2 zucchini, sliced into long, slender planks 1 red onion, sliced crosswise into rings 1 handful mint leaves, torn 1 handful oregano leaves 1 handful parsley leaves 1 tablespoons olive oil sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste pepper.
The slender sort, like pianist's hands.
The collection, with only a handful of white fur trims on slender dresses, was built on right angles: straight lines that followed the body to create a modern, clean but still sensual silhouette.
Four covers (one of his own, The Vulture), four short poems and a handful of interludes stack up to a slender 28-minute album.
Victory, especially a slender one decided by a few thousand votes in a handful of states, does not guarantee respect.
Whether the Tories are in government through the cobbled-together support of a handful of Democratic Unionist Party MPs and Lib Dems, or it holds a slender parliamentary majority, Mr Cameron's backbenchers will wield considerable power.
She balanced a slender clay pot above the coals, then Sando poured in some olive oil and dropped in a handful of chopped onion.
