Demolition Sentence Examples

Since the demolition of the fortifications the city has greatly expanded.

The ancient farmhouse needed repair - or a demolition crew.

The progress of inductive knowledge is by the formation of successive hypotheses, and it frequently happens that the demolition of one or even many hypotheses is the direct road to a new and accurate hypothesis, i.e.

The demolition of the ramparts of Old Calais was followed by the construction of a new circle of defences, embracing both the old and new quarters, and strengthened by a deep moat.

The old enceinte (which includes Cormontaingne's forts - Moselle and Bellevroix) is doomed to demolition, and has in part been already removed.

Considerable sections of the ancient walls and moat still remain, though the demolition of portions to meet the exigencies of modern traffic and expansion has somewhat destroyed its quaint medieval character.

After the disgrace of Roger in 1139 the castle was seized by the Crown; in the 14th century it formed part of the dowry of the queens of England, and figured prominently in history until its capture and demolition by Cromwell in the Civil War of the 17th century.

He was then found guilty of high treason and sentence of forfeiture pronounced; but there is reason to suspect that the whole case was trumped up. The old church escaped demolition at the Reformation and even the fine east Leixoes window was saved.

The westbound demolition trains in 1968/9 were hauled by class 24 diesel locomotives with diesel shunters being used on eastbound trains.

Upon the demolition of the Bastille the keys were presented to him.

The demolition of a rundown sports ground left local youth bereft of a place to hang out.

This would have involved the demolition of all buildings on the site.

Separate consent may be required for whole or partial demolition of building.

You just don't get this with a conventional controlled demolition?

Along with the scheme for completing the Sidgwick Site, these proposals involve the eventual demolition of most of the remaining villas.

Coulthard at times appeared to be driving in a demolition Derby.

Demolition charges were then emplaced and the entire complex destroyed, putting the arms dump permanently out of commission.

The guided bus way would involve replacing the track with a concrete guideway and demolition of the stations to provide car parking.

The need for demolition will, therefore, require full justification.

The demolition rubble from the walls could be used to fill the deeper sections to try to bring the floor up level.

But demolition and redressing losses are Scottish slating underway at Crathes Castle for the National Trust for Scotland, in 1993.

The site was cleared by demolition in the 1980s and has since spawned a thriving natural habitat.

The remainder is made up of construction and demolition wastes, mining and agricultural wastes, sewage sludge and dredged spoils.

The Civic Amenity sites will not accept trade, commercial, construction or demolition waste.

This organization, founded in 1927, created the Mark Twain Memorial and Library Commission to raise money for buying the house scheduled for demolition in 1929.

The council understands and accepts that this strategy will entail the demolition of Dee House.

The chief survivals from the demolition are the huge square citadel, which rises to the east of the town, the château de Selles, a good specimen of the military architecture of the 13th century, and, among other gates, the Porte Notre-Dame, a stone and brick structure of the early 17th century.

A large hut was built out of materials salvaged from the demolition of a psychiatric hospital nearby.

Demolition man can use his satchel charge to make a powerful ordnance attack.

The silty layer was removed revealing another demolition layer.

The site had been leveled with all the demolition rubble plus several tons of rubble found elsewhere on the site.

In 1993, Bullock gained media and fan attention with her role in the movie Demolition Man, which starred Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone.

Urban sites may necessitate the demolition of a previous structure or could require tapping into the city sewer and water systems.

Indaba is a fairly new brand that began with the demolition of apartheid.

After the demolition and removal of the Murrah Building remains, Oklahoma City placed a fence around the perimeter of where the building once stood.

In extreme cases, some major cities, such as Detroit, are considering demolition to the abandoned buildings and turning the lots into agricultural areas.

Although preservation societies lobbied to save the old buildings, demolition is nearly complete.

Now they could discuss things instead of avoiding sensitive subjects - build on their relationship instead of tearing it down with the same demolition ball.

Some of his advisers urged the demolition of the nation on the ground of their exclusiveness, but he sent a sacrifice and won thereby the name of " Pious."

The removal of the ancient temple was undoubtedly intended when the Erechtheum was built, but superstition and popular feeling may have prevented its demolition and the removal of the, 6avov to the new edifice.

Another cave more to the west was revealed by the demolition of the bastion of Odysseus.

Since the demolition of its fortifications in 1807, it has been defended only by some small forts.

In the 15th century its fortifications were extended to include Irish Town, and until their demolition in 1760 it was one of the strongest fortresses of the kingdom.

Among the most picturesque features of Scottish sea-cliffs are the numerous stacks or columns of rock which during the demolition and cuttingback of the precipices have been isolated and left standing amidst the waves.

The rejection of one of those conditions - the demolition of the fortifications of Corfu - led to a new prorogation; but none the less (on March 29, 1864) the plenipotentiaries of the five great powers signed the treaty by which the protectorate was brought to a close.

As He passed out He foretold, in words which corresponded to the doom of the fig-tree, the utter demolition of the imposing but profitless Temple; and presently He opened up to four of His disciples a vision of the future, warning them against false Christs, bidding them expect great sorrows, national and personal, declaring that the gospel must be proclaimed to all the nations, and that after a great tribulation the Son of Man should appear, " coming with the clouds of heaven."

The wonders of his Domus aurea were remembered and talked of long after its partial demolition by Vespasian.

Before beginning operations of demolition it was obviously necessary to provide homes for the poor people who would be turned out, and a large workingclass quarter was erected to the north and beyond the railway station.

Oliver Cromwell spent some days here on his way to Ireland, and his original warrant to the mayor and council for the demolition of the castle is still preserved in the council chamber.

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Demolition of the old bullring started in June 2000, with completion in March 2001 at a total cost of £ 500million.

Demolition followed soon after and a local chimney sweep, named Mr Shorter, built a house on the vacant site.

The dumps of demolition debris principally comprise limestone rubble, but also some tile, op sig and mortar.

The structure which foreshadowed the beauties of Art Deco architecture is now decrepit, boarded up and marked for demolition.

This would necessitate the demolition of Leadon Bank at the outset and the decant of residents and staff offsite.

The picture was dated 1934 as the works stood idle awaiting demolition.

Building Control will also notify other public bodies of the proposed demolition.

Thoughts from the people resisting the demolition in the roof of Dalston Lane theater.

There were plans for wholesale demolition of the terraced streets built in the nineteenth century.

The vast majority of flats are in poor condition and the consultants recommend that selective demolition should be considered.

In 1866-1867, however, a serious outbreak of cholera again threatened it with ruin; but improved sanitation, the provision of a supply of pure water and the demolition of a mass of houses unfit for habitation soon effected a radical cure.

In the last quarter of the 19th century the conception grew clearer that morbid anatomy for the most part demonstrates disease in its static aspects only, and also for the most part in the particular aspect of final demolition; and it became manifest as pathology and clinical medicine became more and more thoroughly integrated, that the processes which initiate and are concerned in this dissolution were not revealed by the scalpel.

In most cases this is a mollusc, and the larvae bore their way into the most diverse organs, often accumulating to such an extent as to give a distinctly orange colour to an otherwise colourless tissue, and to cause the demolition of particular structures e.g.

Since the demolition of the fortifications in 1849 the town has extended in every direction, and particularly on the right bank of the Rhone.

The demolition company (C Company of seamen) had got ashore under Lt.-Comm.

The various stages in this kind of demolition are best seen where the underlying rock is of granite or similarly tough material, which at the same time is apt to be split and splintered by means of its numerous transverse joints.

The setting up in 1895 in the market-place in Altdorf of a fine statue (by the Swiss sculptor Richard Kissling) of Tell and his son, and the opening in 1899 just outside Altdorf of a permanent theatre, wherein Schiller's play is to be represented every Sunday during the summer months, show that the popular belief in the Tell legend is still strong, despite its utter demolition at the hands of a succession of scientific Swiss historians during the 19th century.

Sir Bartle Frere encouraged the completion of the great trunk lines of railways, and with the funds obtained by the demolition of the town walls (1862) he began the magnificent series of public buildings that now adorn Bombay.

As a result of the rebellion of 1173-1174 it was provided that an oath of fealty should be taken by all, to wit, barons, knights, freeholders and even villeins (rustici)", and that any one who refused should be arrested as the king's enemy, and the justices were to see that the castles whose demolition had been ordered were completely razed.

The chief survivals from the demolition are the huge square citadel, which rises to the east of the town, the château de Selles, a good specimen of the military architecture of the 13th century, and, among other gates, the Porte Notre-Dame, a stone and brick structure of the early 17th century.

He took part in the expedition to Kinburn, and then returned to Sevastopol to superintend a portion of the demolition of the Russian dockyard.

The monumental work of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, who spent three years at Athens (1751-1754), marked an epoch in the progress of Athenian topography and is still indispensable to its study, owing to the demolition of ancient buildings which began about the middle of the 18th century.

The reconstruction of the city after its demolition by the Persians was not carried out on the lines of a definite plan like that of the Peiraeus.

The formation of the Great Central Railway, the Marylebone terminus of which, in Marylebone Road, was opened in 1899, caused an extensive demolition of .streets and houses in the west central district.

If we view the work of the National Assembly as a whole, we are struck by the immense demolition which it effected.