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A large, dark-brown shape moves low over the long grass, suspended in the air from its broad, sail-like wings.
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A "kite tail top" had sail-like sashes floating from the back.
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But there were monumental difficulties in working out the intricate machinery of the building's kinetic, sail-like structure, and the bill ultimately came out to $125 million.
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The sail-like structure, you don't it, as it is now.
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And certainly, on the bench that allows you to look at two paintings on facing walls, the monochrome " Composition with Circles 7 " and the sail-like blocks of " Arcadia 1, " you become conscious not only of the rhythms and underlying geometry of the work, but of the act of looking.
The Beauty of Geometry Andrew McKie 2010
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Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab, Dubai – $19,600 per night Since it was built in the mid-1990s, the Burj Al Arab has become one of the world's most instantly recognisable hotels with its billowing sail-like structure stretching out on an artificial island into the Gulf of Arabia.
Diplomats Help Boost Rates at World's Most Expensive Hotels 2009
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Known ever since as the Droit House, it is now the worryingly - titled 'visitor intrepretation centre' for the planned Turner Contemporary Art Gallery which I think was once going to be a huge sail-like building anchored to the sea bed.
Harbouring Thoughts Peter Ashley 2007
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Known ever since as the Droit House, it is now the worryingly - titled 'visitor intrepretation centre' for the planned Turner Contemporary Art Gallery which I think was once going to be a huge sail-like building anchored to the sea bed.
Archive 2007-11-01 Peter Ashley 2007
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The little dog sat down in the middle of the floor, head hanging and sail-like ears splayed out sideways.
The Sky Inside Clare B. Dunkle 2008
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Burj Al Arab, the dreamy, sail-like hotel on the water in Dubai, surely serves one of the most impressive… runs about $7,500.
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