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Example sentences for "this building"

  • As is usual in those cases, disputes run high respecting the original founder and the destination of this building, unique in its kind.

  • They are appropriately placed in this building, and are seen with much more effect in its singular walls than if looked at on the comfortable shelves of a boarded and white-washed chamber.

  • The site of this building, a conspicuous square two-storey frame family residence, was close to the toll-bar on Yonge Street, in what is now Yorkville.

  • Just before arriving at the gate of the burying-ground attached to this building, there were interesting glimpses to the left down into deep woody glens, all of them converging southward on the Don.

  • This building was a notable object in its day.

  • All the way from the site of the town of York to the front of this building, a narrow carriage-road and convenient bridle-path had been cut out by the soldiers, and carefully graded.

  • An addition was made to this building about 70 feet in length, for a kiln for drying the grain.

  • The south-side of this building was so much injured, that it became necessary to take the whole down; which was done, and the foundation laid a second time.

  • This building was a hundred feet in length, remarkably strong, and had been constructed with much labour and expense.

  • The model of this building, by the hand of Filippo, was for many years in the hands of the Guild of Por Santa Maria, being held in great account because a part of the fabric was still unfinished; but it is now lost.

  • How beautiful is this building it demonstrates by itself.

  • This building is disfigured by a west front in a totally inappropriate style, but apart from this it is virtually a German church of the first class, erected entirely in white marble, and covered with a profusion of decoration.

  • This building has a nave and single aisles, short transepts, and a short apsidal choir.

  • This building, though interesting in plan, is more remarkable for a lavish amount of florid ornament, of which our illustration (Fig.

  • The round arch is employed in this building, but the general proportions and treatment are essentially Gothic.

  • This building forms a complete termination to one of that succession of lovely scenes with which we are presented on our walk to the Tower.

  • On ascending the easy though ruined steps of this building, passing under an archway, the view of the Tower burst upon us, and a long, straight walk led us directly to the entrance.

  • Having then passed through the archway of this building, we observed before us a grotto, into which we entered.

  • This building has an air of grandeur as it is seen rising above the flat country; and it is of a singular shape, the ground-plan being that of a Greek cross.

  • Amongst the ruins there is a chimney which perhaps belonged to this building.

  • This building and St. Peter's agree in general character: their towers are nearly the counterparts of each other.

  • This building, like too many others of the same class in our own counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, is degraded from its station.

  • In a future portion of his work, Mr. Cotman designs devoting a second plate exclusively to the oriel in the east front of this building.

  • Yes, that seems to be this building," he admitted.

  • He's never been in this building and I doubt that he's even located in the city," they were told.

  • There's no one in this building by that name," he insisted.

  • This building is quadrangular, with a courtyard in the centre.

  • This building is 94 feet in front and 34 feet deep, and in size and ornaments contrasts strikingly with the Casa del Gobernador.

  • The height of this building to the upper cornice is twenty-five feet.

  • This building, too, has the same peculiar feature, want of convenient access.

  • This throne was formerly supported by a rich ornament, still forming part of similar designs over other doorways in this building.

  • This building stands on a hill, affording a view over the whole island in the direction of Civita Vecchia.

  • Neither the exterior of this building, nor the cursory glance I was enabled to throw into the interior, excited either my curiosity or my astonishment.

  • I cannot give an opinion touching the architectural beauty of this building, which is built in such a simple style that none but a connoisseur would discover its merits.

  • This building is tolerably well preserved, and several of the stone seats are still seen rising in terrace form one above the other.

  • This building is very spacious, and the floor is completely covered with monumental slabs of marble, covering the graves of the knights.

  • This building is the tallest one in the world used for business, and from the top of the golden tower one can look for miles and miles, across New York Bay, up toward the Bronx, over to Brooklyn and can see towns in New Jersey.

  • Are there thirty floors to this building?

  • I'll have to ask some of the men who are in charge of this building," replied Daddy Bobbsey.

  • You see there are so many rooms and halls in this building that it would be easy for even daddy or me to be lost.

  • In this building, like its only two rivals in the world--St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle and Henry VII.

  • This building is now the Chambre des Pairs.

  • Of the magnificence of the exterior of this building I have made mention in a previous letter.

  • James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, honored the school by his presence and an address on the occasion of the formal opening of this building.

  • This building, named Alabama Hall, is rectangular in shape and four stories high.

  • In this building, which has three stories and a basement, all the operations of the school were for a time conducted.

  • This building is rectangular in shape, is built about a central court, and covers more space than any other of the school buildings.

  • This building is a four-story structure, and the first of the school's buildings for which the plans were made by the teacher of architectural drawing.

  • In the first plate of this work I have represented an angle of this building.

  • This building presents on its surface the most evident marks of the injuries of time and weather, in the abraded state of the stone, which probably was of a bad quality originally.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    hold office; particular kind; this child; this course; this document; this early; this edition; this essay; this event; this here; this idea; this island; this place; this position; this present; this question; this remarkable; this scene; this school; this season; this society; this state; this tale; this treatise; this will; this year