Sentences with phrase «carved out of the land»

Queenstown was carved out of the land by glaciers, rivers and lakes, but it has been shaped by adventurers drawn to the region from all over the world.

While many visitors choose to take a day trip to see The Twelve Apostles, the famous limestone cliffs carved out of the land over millions of years, there's so much more to see, do (and eat) than a day trip allows.

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And that cross on the mantle carved out of white stone from the Holy Land forms the abundant, cruciform way into the real practice of resurrection, every forgiven heart reaching out brave arms to forgive.

In addition to landing a position on Esquire's Best New Restaurants lineup this year, the Macintosh also carved out a spot for itself on Bon Appetit's 50 Best New Restaurants of 2012 list, following recognition by the James Beard Foundation as a 2012 semifinalist for Best New Restaurant.

Portions of lands acquired for the resettlement of Nsutam people was acquired from the Chiefs and people of Asiakwa before the Fanteakwa District Assembly was carved out of EAMA.

His tenure as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration witnessed one of the most appalling instances of corruption in recent memory when he sat aloof as prime land belonging to his ministry was carved out and shared among NPP supporters and a host of government and public officials.

While Proposal 1 was handed a resounding loss — and a measure to bar officials convicted of a crime of their state pensions easily passed — returns for the land bank were a nail - biter, with «no» votes leading the charge until late - night returns from the Adirondacks put the proposal over the top, carving out a modest 4 percent victory.

Horses still roam the steppe, much as they did in the days of Genghis Khan, whose horse - powered army carved out the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever known.

We're on a bespoke off - road course carved out of NOLA Motorsports Park's wooded land to sample the new Grabber A / Tx all - terrain tires.

Since it was first introduced on the British market in the fall of 1989, the Land Rover Discovery has carved out a desirable place for itself as a luxurious and off - road ready midsize SUV that's a more affordable option than some Land Rover models.

Cora's only possession (in a manner of speaking), the one thing in the world she prizes above all else, is a small patch of land that her grandmother and then her mother Mabel also guarded and defended, carving out a small garden plot and nurturing what grew there.

One of the guests might be lucky enough to inherit the Lavender Honey Farm she has so laboriously carved out of her family land, and in which her nephews are not interested.

Carved out by the Urubamba River, this valley was the heart of the Incan Empire and, owing to its fertile land, was a major agricultural source for the Incas.

The mirrors - for - princes genre, whose most famous examples include Machiavelli's The Prince and Al - Ghazali's Nasihat al muluk, operated as a poetic form of political critique in both Christian and Muslim lands during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance while carving out a space for statecraft at a time when most scholarship was devoted to religious affairs.

Early in 1940 we managed to find a small house and for the next three years... I was not able to carve at all... the only sculptures I carried out were some small plaster maquettes for the second «sculpture with colour», and it was not until 1943, when we moved to another house, that I was able to carve this idea... In St Ives I was fortunate enough to have constant contact with artists and writers and craftsmen who lived there, Ben Nicholson my husband, Naum Gabo, Bernard Leach, Adrian Stokes, and there was a steady stream of visitors from London who came for a few days rest, and who contributed in a great measure to the important exchange of ideas and stimulus to creative activity... It was during this time that I gradually discovered the remarkable pagan landscape which lies between St Ives, Penzance and Land's End; a landscape which still has a very deep effect on me, developing all my ideas about the relationship of the human figure in landscape - sculpture in landscape and the essential quality of light in relation to sculpture which induced a new way of piercing the forms to contain colour... The sea, a flat diminishing plane, held within itself the capacity to radiate an infinitude of blues, greys, greens and even pinks of strange hues; the lighthouse and its strange rocky island was an eye; the Island of St Ives an arm, a hand, a face... I used colour and strings in many of the carvings of this time.

The show explores an underground bunker carved out beneath the city, where one finds the archeological artifacts of a Never - Never - Land: Pig Island combines Paul McCarthy's hypertrophic, Rabelaisian works with the rawness of a gigantic, endless work - in - progress.

The often carve out parcels of land for the leadership to construct energy guzzling ecologically unfriendly mansions and estate.

Silicon Valley - based firm Cooley landed the London office of the year award as it continues to carve out a reputation as the go - to practice for tech and life sciences in the City.

And the third territory, Nunavut, was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999; all to make the country that has the second largest land mass.

The third error was in holding that «the interest, out of which the royalty is carved, is not [an] interest in land» because it is expressed in the Agreements as only a right «to share in revenues produced from diamonds or other minerals extracted from the lands.»

Just remember, at the foundation of your social conversations should be your ever - evolving, introspective, well - thought - out career resume design and development process that is your due in carving out a unique and compelling presentation that will lift you from the pack of other careerists and job seekers, landing you your next great gig!

(10) The reserves were carved out of traditional territories, and have remained an important feature of Indigenous life in Canada, providing a secure land base for many tribes.