portrait gallery

collocation in English

meaningsofportraitandgallery

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portrait
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔː.trət/us
/ˈpɔːr.trɪt/
A portrait computer document is to be printed with the shorter side of the paper at the top ...
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gallery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡæl.ər.i/us
/ˈɡæl.ɚ.i/
a room or building that is used for showing works of art, sometimes so that they can ...
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(Definition ofportraitandgalleryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofportrait gallery

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It is indeed an attractive castle, with a superb exhibition of pictures from the nationalportraitgallery.
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The building in which theportraitgalleryis housed does not attract people.
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Perhaps it would be appropriate if the nationalportraitgallerywere to occupy part of it in the future.
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Perhaps in that context he would wish to say something about a possible newportraitgalleryin that area.
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I believe theportraitgalleryto be unquestionably an archive.
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But never, never must this be allowed to be done at the cost of the loss of theportraitgallery.
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Full consideration would give the opportunity to consult those who use, visit and mind about theirportraitgallery.
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The point was made that moving theportraitgallerywould destroy the essential ingredient of the gallery.
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All these developments and many others have extended the scope of theportraitgallerywhile providing the public with services and expertise unavailable elsewhere in the world.
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The nationalportraitgallerynow gets £310,000.
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We can go to theportraitgallerybecause some of the pictures are indeed superb; we can go to it because we seek an authentic likeness of a notable figure.
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The north wing housed the art museum and the south wing housed theportraitgallery.
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It was the firstportraitgalleryin the world when it opened in 1856.
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It has also been noted, however, that the book is more than a mereportraitgallery.
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Aportraitgalleryof vicars is also to be seen on the south wall.
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Robin's weak crimes stir his ancestral ghosts from their usual haunt of the castle'sportraitgallery.
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Mellon asked that, should aportraitgallerybe created, the portraits be transferred to it.
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As has been said, there are very few national portrait galleries in the world.
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Far from negating the portrait gallery's purpose, the proposed new setting will enhance it.
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By chance, the school's old boys included directors of two national portrait galleries.
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