Life-size Sentence Examples

The figures are almost life-size.

He alone was aware of the existence of the new throne of walrus ivory embellished with three silver life-size lions, and of the new regalia, both of which treasures he had, by the king's command, concealed in a vault beneath the royal castle.

In addition to these, there are also many life-size fragments of animals, horsemen, &c., belonging probably to pedimental sculptures, but formerly supposed to be parts of minor friezes.

Thus at Athens the Thesmothetae (perhaps all the archons) made a vow that, should they break any law, they would dedicate a life-size gilt statue in the temple at Delphi.

Marco (now converted into a national museum), a series of frescoes, beginning towards 1443; in the first cloister is the Crucifixion with St Dominic kneeling; and the same treatment recurs on a wall near the dormitory; in the chapterhouse is a third Crucifixion, with the Virgin swooning, a composition of twenty life-sized figures - the red background, which has a strange and harsh effect, is the misdoing of some restorer; an "Annunciation," the figures of about three-fourths of life-size, in a dormitory; in the adjoining passage, the "Virgin enthroned," with four saints; on the wall of a cell, the "Coronation of the Virgin," with Saints Paul, Thomas Aquinas, Benedict, Dominic, Francis and Peter Martyr; two Dominicans welcoming Jesus, habited as a pilgrim; an "Adoration of the Magi"; the "Marys at the Sepulchre."

In the 13th and 14th centuries many life-size sepulchral effigies were made of beaten copper or bronze, and ornamented by various-coloured "champleve" enamels.

Upon it the four main business streets, the Grimmaische-, the Peters-, the Hainand the Katharinen-strassen, converge, and its north side is occupied by the beautiful old Rathaus,.a Gothic edifice built by the burgomaster Hieronymus Lotter in 1556, and containing life-size portraits of the Saxon rulers.

Note the life-size SPECTER ring next to the Persian cat.

This produced several hundred figurine fragments, from small figurine fragments, from small figurines to life-size terracotta statues.

The figures are supposed to be life size representations, depicting knights all over seven feet tall.

I was very much tempted by a large, almost life-size, crystal skull.

Everything is twice life-size to illustrate that small changes can make a big difference to wildlife.

A few yards further on, the assembly of the first Shanghai is depicted in a heroic diorama complete with life-size mannequins.

In 1987, they made the life-size marionettes for Granada Television's adaptation of Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop.

There are also life-size replicas of various extinct species outside in the grounds.

Birmingham Friends of the Earth campaigners and four life-size anti-GM scarecrows petition the public in the city center.

He commissioned the sculptor Roubiliac to provide a life-size statue of his hero to be placed inside the temple.

The aim is that this will lead to a life-size sculpture that will be a lasting reminder of the UN International Year.

Yesterday, in the new place, I drew a big smiley life-size person onto the box the sofa-bed came in.

Singer moved to the present Cork Street site, his sons Herbert and Edgar joined him and they expanded to undertake life-size statues.

One was a life size statue of a sitting Afghan Hound in the man's study and that seemed topical.

Sideshow Collectibles and Lucas Francis Studio have partnered to create the life-size T-800 Endoskeleton replica.

One was a life size statue of a sitting Afghan Hound in the man 's study and that seemed topical.

The park is filled with pictureseque wooded trails and life size dinosaurs that can be climbed, attacked and even a secret animal garden with a petting zoo.

The Millennium Maze - In North County Kildare, Ireland includes a life size maze, crazy golf, sandpit and a petting zoo.

Modifications may necessary to create a life-size replica of a weapon using origami techniques.

Life-size High School Musical characters are a popular decorative choice.

Sculptured slabs form balustrades to the steps leading up to the temple, and its exterior is ornamented with figures in stucco, the outer faces of the four pillars in front having life-size figures of women with children in their arms. The small Temple of Beau Relief stands on a narrow ledge of rock against the steep slope of the mountain.

In the forefront of the new movement are to be found men like Yoneharu Unkai and Shinkai Taketaro; the former chiselled a figure of Jenner for the Medical Association of Japan when they celebrated the centenary of the great physician, and the latter has carved life-size effigies of two Imperial princes who lost their lives in the war with China (1894 95).

A large fragment of a relief also of early date, represents two dancing maenads half life-size.

She is a life size inflatable doll with printed face.

Outrageous requests, such as a life-size cake version of the bride or the use of edible gold, are not unheard of in the modern cake business and will send the price skyrocketing.