monumental scale

collocation in English

meaningsofmonumentalandscale

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monumental
adjective
uk
/ˌmɒn.jəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌmɑːn.jəˈmen.t̬əl/
very ...
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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofmonumentalandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The human figures reduced to type, shrank in size, and lurked the margins as guides to themonumentalscaleof nature's nation.
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One is left wondering whether the building's language - that developed in the small houses and taken from the vernacular - can be sustained at such a large andmonumentalscale.
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There is undoubtedly a national feeling of social injustice on amonumentalscale.
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We are dealing with what might be called legislative coitus interruptus on amonumentalscale.
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We are legislating on amonumentalscale.
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The city was rebuilt after these disasters on amonumentalscale, but covered a much smaller area than previously.
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The decision was made because themonumentalscaleof this work would be more suitable as an exhibition hall.
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He restored themonumentalscaleand naturalism of the classical era to figural sculpture.
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Full-blown urban landscape, sometimes on amonumentalscale, emerged and continues to preoccupy the artist to this day.
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They depict a number of animal subjects inmonumentalscaleand with an according degree of detail.
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The largest, done with very large house painting brushes, leave jagged, fractal-like, dripping water and ink-soaked edges on amonumentalscale.
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These were the last of these four commissions, and are on amonumentalscale, measuring some 18 ft by 12 ft.
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He built on amonumentalscaleto ensure that his legacy would survive the ravages of time.
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The lack of opposition allowed for the construction of striking religious buildings ofmonumentalscalein the northern cemetery.
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The "pulvinar" was built onmonumentalscale, a shrine or temple ("aedes") raised high above the trackside seats.
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This would be in the style of a wayfarer's cairn a marker to show that someone had passed this way but on a grand,monumentalscale.
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Many of these sites were built to amonumentalscale, with earthen walls up to 12 ft high outlining geometric figures more than 1000 ft across.
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