Much of byzantine art is imbued with something of the abstract quality of icons. From LearnThat.org. [http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Style05-Byzantine.htm]
The byzantine tax structure. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
byzantine monks. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Ted Nesi explains what he calls the byzantine pricing structure here. From Wordnik.com. [Paywall problem at Murdoch paper] Reference
Bracelet in byzantine weave in shiny silver aluminum, made from tiny little 1/8th inch rings. From Wordnik.com. [Valentines, part the first] Reference
The word byzantine comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Inherent Vice -- Thomas Pynchon] Reference
Calling Iranian politics "byzantine" doesn't quite do the trick. From Wordnik.com. [whoar.co.nz] Reference
It's the information that pejoratively is offered the epithet "byzantine" along with a series of other choice words. From Wordnik.com. [ShaunKenney.com] Reference
It was exactly the sort of job that those "personal contacts" can help you get in the "byzantine" world of construction in NYC. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
I want to write rapturous byzantine guitar pieces. From Wordnik.com. [oatcake Diary Entry] Reference
Much of spying is making sense out of byzantine secrets. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour Through 'Hell Week'] Reference
Buying gasoline requires an array of byzantine procedures. From Wordnik.com. [Day of the Crocodile] Reference
The origin lies in the byzantine geopolitics of Northeast Asia. From Wordnik.com. [A Knock On The Nuclear Door?] Reference
And the to and froes between the U.N. and the Taliban are byzantine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2001] Reference
One of the major problems is the schools 'byzantine governance structure. From Wordnik.com. [If He Could Make It Here . . .] Reference
This, as we have already said, is still byzantine in several parts of it. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg] Reference
Although, it must be said that the rules are quite complex and byzantine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
As in most cases, byzantine ideological debates such as these lead nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [No Need for Soul-Searching] Reference
“I doubt that a bureaucracy as byzantine as Social Services stood a chance.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Fine and Bitter Snow]
Perhaps this was Frank being byzantine again, trying to talk me into leaving Karoly. From Wordnik.com. [The Magyar Venus]
Traditional sailboat racing, with its byzantine classes and handicaps, holds no appeal. From Wordnik.com. [Up, Up And Away] Reference
They've spun the plot in new directions, injecting this byzantine tale with fresh resonance. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW, SEIZING THE THRONE] Reference
Then came a 17 percent value-added tax, a byzantine distribution system and other obstacles. From Wordnik.com. [The High Price Of Honesty] Reference
I mean the rules are byzantine and fortunately we have people like you to describe them, here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2008] Reference
When the byzantine politics and manic debates over convoluted treaties become too much to bear?. From Wordnik.com. [Earth Ii: Tune In, Turn On And Tap Out] Reference
At the same time, a byzantine array of local rules impede access by innovators to national markets. From Wordnik.com. [The Next President's First Task] Reference
Democrats don't want to take on the lobbyists who exploit the byzantine government hierarchy at will. From Wordnik.com. [Why are Democrats scared of government reform?] Reference
But that, of course, is what Washington consultants are for, to serve as "cutouts" in a byzantine system. From Wordnik.com. ['Everything Will Change.' Or Not.] Reference
As in the Netherlands, that may call for byzantine collection arrangements to funnel goods to the recyclers. From Wordnik.com. [A Junk Heap To Cherish] Reference
Filing one's taxes is always a pain, nowhere more than in Germany -- home to the world's most byzantine tax code. From Wordnik.com. [Radical Reform: A Modest Proposal] Reference
The octangular dome over the chancel is also of the byzantine era; however, it has been renewed in several parts. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg] Reference
Working stiffs: Part of the problem may be the unwieldy, sometimes byzantine nature of the Academy's voting system. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Is Talking] Reference
To achieve that end, Congress is considering setting up an outside boardto take over the city's byzantine finances. From Wordnik.com. [America's Worst-Run City] Reference
Earlier this week, Benedict quoted a 14th century byzantine emperor who called Mohammed's teaching evil and inhuman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2006] Reference
Wall Street types might be forgiven for not comprehending the byzantine path that legislation treads on Capitol Hill. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Bet On the President] Reference
Let's talk a little bit about -- you know, if you want to know whether or not you qualify, because the rules are byzantine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2008] Reference
It has some of the right proposals: cut union power to set wages, slash subsidies, drastically simplify the byzantine tax code. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT'S GOING RIGHT] Reference
If that's really what David-Weill was up to, it proves one thing: byzantine maneuvering hasn't gone out of style yet at Lazard. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair-Haired Banker] Reference
But it was the staggering, nearly byzantine ambition that encompassed Charles 'musical mind which is the foundation for his art. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
People also wondered why Spitzer had even landed in such a mess; there were so many other, less byzantine ways to go after Bruno. From Wordnik.com. [The Year of Governing Dangerously] Reference
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