noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ancient
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Ruth sat among the Scarabae like a living plant among ancient statues .
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The first glimpse of an ancient statue of the Black Virgin shocks and surprises.
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It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.
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However, the gilded, artistic monument housing the ancient statue is exposed for the admiration and consideration of her devotees.
bronze
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It is believed that the temple once contained a bronze statue of Venus, which was later moved to the banqueting House.
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In the Roman Imperial period copper and bronze statues and silver and bronze jewellery were commonly gilded.
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Him reaching up to pat a big bronze statue of himself on the shoulder.
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There is also an equestrian bronze statue of St George, for which Plecnik designed the base.
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A small bronze statue of a ballet dancer was sold for £7,703,500 in an auction at Sotheby's in London.
equestrian
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A great number of equestrian statues must have existed but there are scanty remains of these.
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In 1734, Macrae presented Glasgow with an equestrian statue of King William.
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Giambologna's equestrian statue of Cosimo I has been cleaned under the auspices of the Pegasus consortium.
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There is also an equestrian bronze statue of St George, for which Plecnik designed the base.
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Only the tips of the fingers of the equestrian statue of the King have survived.
famous
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Every now and then he lifted a finger off the wheel and pointed out some famous bridge or statue or museum.
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Even famous statues in the middle of towns are not immune to eclipse.
large
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It may be argued from the evidence that the Minoans did not make large statues .
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To one side of it was a large statue of the Virgin.
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Both the models and the technical skills were available, so it would be strange if no large statues were attempted.
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Beida was just falling in line by removing the large statue , it was argued.
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Some bronze and clay fittings imply that there were at least two large statues on Minoan Crete, i.e. life-size or larger.
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That afternoon we visited the stately Osborne House with its large statues and priceless antiques.
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The bigger figure stands 55 metres tall and is said to be the world's largest Buddha statue .
small
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This small statue was donated in 1628 by Maria M. de Lara.
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There, on a dusty windswept plain, a small wooden statue of a man in robes teeters upon a short pole.
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The smaller statue measures 38 metres.
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Cranston glared at the small statue in a niche, the Virgin and Child; secretly, the coroner hated Christmas.
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I settled on the floor between two small statues .
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A small bronze statue of a ballet dancer was sold for £7,703,500 in an auction at Sotheby's in London.
■ NOUN
marble
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It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.
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You have a face like a perfect marble statue , yet I know you are not stone inside.
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Museum chiefs say the marble statue should be removed from the portico of the gallery and replaced by a replica.
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This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made.
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In the case of the marble statue , molecules in solid marble are continuously jostling against one another in random directions.
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In this way it is possible for a marble statue to wave at us.
■ VERB
carve
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The 18C owner, one Ondrej Kranner, carved the statue standing beside the pavement.
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Something like marble gleamed close by the shore, seeming to leap yet not to fall again-a carved statue of a hound!
destroy
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In the case of monuments and historical buildings, the erosion and damage can destroy carvings and statues and weaken building structures.
erect
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Strictly speaking, we should erect a statue to a plumber in Trafalgar Square.
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The mission: raise $ 50, 000 and erect a commemorative statue on the City Hall front lawn.
move
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Resolutions to move the statue came up in 1928, 1932 and 1950.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The committee will try to raise $20,000 to erect a commemorative statue on City Hall's front lawn.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Makeup began to whiten his lapels like droppings on a statue .
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The statue shares space with dioramas, glassed-in scenes of the Capitol in various stages of its construction.
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The statue slowly slithered off his body; a grating noise as it hit the floor.
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The Williams statue was moved anyway.
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There were statues on pedestals, angels or statesmen, he couldn't tell.
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They got away with only two statues and left the rest.
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We had a Realtor call one day who said he wanted to buy 100 statues.