Example sentences of "carved [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicklaus made regular visits to oversee operations as the course was being carved out of the lush countryside . |
| 2 | A similar , if less dramatic , process ‘ was taking place at a lower level ; new urban districts were being carved out of the rural districts ’ ( Keith-Lucas and Richards 1978:200 ) . |
| 3 | He had scarcely known Maggie , could not have known that he could not have chosen a better treat than this mysterious park , with its vast statues carved out of the living rock : the huge-mouthed cave with its mighty teeth , the vast stone giant , his shoulders visible through bushes a hundred yards away , half hidden in greenery ; and above all , the great carved stone dragon with its broken wings , and wild Chinese eyes . |
| 4 | They waded through the all-encroaching dust in a series of huge , dark-pillared halls which had been carved out of the solid rock . |
| 5 | Things had changed slightly down there , however ; a new parish , that of Christ Church , Watney Street , had been carved out of the ever-more-populous St George 's , and it was at this recently-dedicated Christ Church that the couple were married on 22 March 1846 . |