Ted Nash wanted to copy the idea of thrown paint musically by creating a composition that sounded big and free.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Once,on a business trip to London, Charles Homer bought a set of drawing examples for his son to copy.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

The government gave a patent to Edward J.Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

But the researchers did much of their work with a phureja, a kind of a potato that has only one copy.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

Europeans started to copy the fine traditions of Japanese and Chinese ceramics as early as the eighteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

The earliest known copy of the poem in Francis Scott Key's own handwriting is housed at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

They are very costly. Or you can buy a copy of a coin for much less money.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The pilot spent fifty hours in a simulator -- a copy of the plane on the ground -- preparing for his ten-minute flight.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

But some people are born with an extra copy of the twenty-first chromosome.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Scientists can predict how this instrument might have sounded by studying a copy of a smaller bird bone flute found several years ago in the same area.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Every bit of copy that goes on the broadcast passes through my hands.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

For example, the first genetic copy of a sheep had shortened telomeres.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

This third copy is a result of a mistake in cell division.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Employers seeking workers usually ask for a copy of a resume.

VOA: special.2011.06.10