In the evenings, Mr Aziz's palatial official residence is like a royal court, where the great and good wait in antechambers to present their donations. |
There were no ballrooms here, no antechambers upon antechambers, no retinues of servants and footmen. |
Seated in one of the antechambers, you may feel like a traveler whose train has stalled somewhere on the outskirts of town. |
Evidently they still had a whole labyrinth of corridors and antechambers to negotiate before they reached the forgotten chamber with its prized relic. |
Some chambers have become what are often mere antechambers, most of the elected representatives being reduced to ensuring voter loyalty. |
Art also abounds in the metro: the Louvre-Rivoli platforms are like the antechambers of the world-famous museum, and artists and designers have turned other stations into wondrous spaces over the years. |