Sentence examples for statues says from inspiring English sources

John Ahearn, who made the statues, says that he thought of them more as guardians than as saints, because their job was ambiguous, standing, as they did for a couple of days last year, between the drab new station house of the city's 44th Police Precinct and what is arguably one of its poorest, saddest, shabbiest, most drug-infested, AIDS-infected, violent neighborhoods.

"It never crossed our minds that they wouldn't trust us with the statues," says María Victoria de Robayo, director of the national museum, which has held temporary exhibitions of Greek urns loaned by the Louvre and of China's Terracotta Warriors.The museum has adopted its own form of protest.

But Jordan, "the best there ever will be," as the statue says, is nothing if not bold, and some of his post-basketball moves certainly qualify as foolish.

But Mr. Tanaka, the retired abbot, whose temple oversees the smaller temple that housed the statue, says there is no evidence that pirates were involved, or that the artifact was stolen.

"For all you members of the academy, this esteemed gentleman (the Oscar statue) says that you have given me your recognition," he said modestly in accepting the award in 1986.

"They've given me seven months to make the statue," said the younger Mr. Paul.

"That's right, but he was like a Renaissance statue," said Giorno.

"The lads deserve a statue," said the manager Edy Reja afterwards.

"We tried to welcome them, and they betrayed us by stealing our statue," said Hiromi Yamamoto, who heads the organizing committee.

Outspoken rapper Azealia Banks voiced her concerns with the problematic statue, saying it would lead to people "shoving their crotch in her face".

"He automatically becomes the biggest star in the building," Mr. Horner, who held the statue, said, smiling, as he and Mr. Rogers left the NBC presentation.