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Example sentences for "public buildings"

  • There are three classes of public buildings: the first for defensive, the second for religious, and the third for utilitarian purposes.

  • First we shall treat of those machines which are of necessity made ready when temples and public buildings are to be constructed.

  • Having described the arrangements of temples in this book, in the following we shall give an exposition of the construction of public buildings.

  • Hand appliances of this kind, holding a few gallons, are often placed in the corridors of hotels, public buildings, &c.

  • We find in times of peace a fifth, in times of war a tenth, of the revenues expended on public buildings; which, in the circumstances, does not seem to have been a very copious outlay.

  • But it must be observed that such utilisation of public buildings as damages them is justified only if it is necessary.

  • Public buildings may in the first instance, therefore, be made use of for such purposes, although they may thereby be considerably damaged.

  • Public buildings do not make much of a showing, a good harbor and docks being the city's chief assets.

  • The government has sadly neglected Auckland in public buildings.

  • Though very important as one of the arteries of the metropolis, it is singularly deficient in public buildings.

  • The City Hall (or Public Buildings) is in the center of the city at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets.

  • It offers a highly picturesque appearance from the beauty of its site, and the numerous lofty towers (more than seventy in number) which rise above the palaces, public buildings, and bridges of the city.

  • With respect again to sacred or public buildings, warfare tends to become increasingly destructive.

  • To the destruction of public buildings 16 4.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    public affairs; public confidence; public debt; public dinner; public disputation; public documents; public education; public institutions; public land; public liberty; public nuisance; public officer; public order; public place; public places; public relations; public service; public services; public speaking; public taste; public trust; public utility; public welfare; public works; public worship; sent home