Sentence examples for solid gate from inspiring English sources

His street seemed much narrower, especially since every house had built a wall and solid gate in its front yard to keep the war out.

Le Chateau, a trendy clothing store near the Empire State Building, dumped its solid gate in favor of a see-through gate about 18 months ago under an earlier partnership program that required merchants to pay half the costs.

After I slipped my visitor's pass through a tiny hole in the wall, a disembodied voice ordered me to the front of the building, where a solid gate swung open and a guard emerged, blinking in the sunlight.

Many people in retailing believe solid gates actually invite crime by giving a block a disheveled, uncared-for appearance.

Solid gates also attract graffiti, although Mr. Biederman said that had not been much of a problem on heavily traveled 34th Street in recent years.

Just last week, three men's wear stores on 34th Street -- two of them operating under the name Porta Bella and one called Fino -- accepted the partnership's offer and will replace their solid gates soon.

The shop's owner has also removed the bulletproof plexiglass barriers in the store's interior and replaced the roll-down solid steel gate with an open web security screen.

Blast walls and a solid iron gate conceal the building.

The solid wooden gates opened slowly and the Ros Crana eased into a sea so smooth that its surface looked viscous like the skin forming on boiled milk.

Officials also rid storefronts of solid iron gates, which attracted graffiti, and prohibited anyone under 18 from buying spray paint without a note from a teacher or parent, Mr. Beronio said.

It was a solid frame, gate-loaded revolver, chambered in.442 Webley.