Disrepair Sentence Examples

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  • This canal, having fallen into disrepair, was restored in the 7th century A.D.

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  • The building was used as the parish church till 1815, when it fell into disrepair, but it was restored between 1871 and 1876.

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  • The district as a whole is not well watered, and most of the old irrigation tanks had fallen into disrepair before the annexation.

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  • The outer walls (mostly in utter disrepair) are about 62 to 7 m.

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  • In 1570 it fell into disrepair, but was restored, and in 1641 was besieged for the last time by the Covenanters.

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  • Extensive irrigation works existed in Shwebo district, but they fell into disrepair in King Thibaw's time.

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  • In the past they were often allowed to fall into disrepair, but in 1903 a department of government was formed to control their upkeep, with the result that most of them were soon furnished with new locks, deepened, and made thoroughly serviceable.

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  • There are slight remains of the castle, which fell into disrepair of ter the union of the crowns of England and Scotland.

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  • But in the middle ages it had fallen into disrepair.

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  • There are many canals, most of which have fallen greatly into disrepair, and the Aungbinle, Nanda and Shwepyi lakes also supply water for cultivation.

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  • In 1802 the White House, in a state of disrepair, was partially demolished.

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  • Factors include disrepair, instability, dampness, bathroom and kitchen facilities, water supply, heating, lighting, ventilation and drainage.

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  • Make sure the front door is not in disrepair.

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  • After playing a varied role in local and national story, now as banqueting-house and now as prison, it fell gradually into disrepair.

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  • When the royal engineers of the Russo-Afghan Boundary Commission entered Herat in 1885 they found its defences in various stages of disrepair.

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  • But more important is the less glamorous task of tackling serious disrepair - doing the unseen jobs to remedy damp and deterioration.

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  • There was a one year rent free period granted to reflect disrepair.

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  • By the middle of the 19thC the church had fallen into serious disrepair.

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  • There was no doubt that the road was badly potholed and in substantial disrepair by 2002.

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  • The canal was closed in 1914 having been un-navigable for several years and fell into considerable disrepair.

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  • Thus general disrepair actually in evidence on the property was disregarded.

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  • That is the property will be valued as if such disrepair or defect did not exist.

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  • Thousands of listed buildings and structures are classified as in severe disrepair, many on the point of collapse.

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  • Over half of our work in the UK is related to housing disrepair.

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  • So there is still the opportunity to ensure that older people's housing issues and private sector disrepair are adequately addressed in regional strategies.

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  • The arbitration tribunal deals with more than 600 cases each year, most involving complaints by tenants about disrepair.

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  • The building had fallen into serious disrepair over the last 20 years whilst largely unoccupied.

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  • However, the graveyard had fallen into a state of serious disrepair over the last few decades and has been closed since 1984.

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  • Sexual health has become the cinderella service of the NHS with a woeful lack of GUM clinics, many in a state of disrepair.

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  • After the amusement park closed in 1989, much of the Crystal Beach community fell into neglect and disrepair, which is the fate of many abandoned amusement parks and their neighborhoods.

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  • Say what you like, though, EA is certainly consistent, and they know how to pick developmental talent so their key franchises never fall into disrepair.

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  • Children may eat paint chips from older homes that have fallen into disrepair.

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  • Yards can remain unkempt as the house sits empty and begins to fall into disrepair.

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  • Graveyards that are in disrepair commonly have the most eerie stories as a result of the spooky ambience.

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  • It is currently in disrepair and supposedly under renovation for future haunted tours.

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  • A car that has been around for decades has had a long time to fall into disrepair.

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  • At that time many were in serious disrepair, but most of them have been greatly improved by the construction of proper regulators and sluices.

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  • It was later granted to the earls of Salisbury, who seem to have allowed it to fall into disrepair, for in 1315 and in 1319 the abbot of Sherborne was appointed to inquire into its condition.

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  • At the time of the British annexation of Burma there were some old irrigation systems in the Kyaukse and Minbu districts, which had been allowed to fall into disrepair, and these have now been renewed and extended.

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  • Three miles to the south of the city the river flows from east to west, spanned by the Pal-i-Malun, a bridge possessing grand proportions, but which was in 1885 in a state of grievous disrepair and practically useless.

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  • The station succumbed to disrepair many years before is closed.

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