Sentence examples for all forms of construction from inspiring English sources

Although it has been used in all forms of construction since ancient times (Mesopotamian temples featured decorative buttresses, as did Roman and Byzantine structures), the buttress is especially associated with the Gothic era, when simpler, hidden masonry supports developed into what is known as the flying buttress.

Now a form of construction known as "natural building" has attracted followers, as people realize that some housing traditions may be worth reprising — in large part because of the energy savings they can yield.

It is a form of construction familiar since Alexander passed through on his way to India – labour-intensive, unskilled, hot, heavy repetitive work to create a dense durable mass that the Afghan experience has shown is largely impervious to rocket grenades, resistant to small arms fire, and may reduce the devastating effects of a bomb blast.

For Brouwer, mathematical concepts are admissible only if they are adequately grounded in intuition, mathematical theories are significant only if they concern entities which are constructed out of something given immediately in intuition, and mathematical demonstration is a form of construction in intuition.

"Converted farm and ranch lands lend themselves more readily to more naturalistic forms of construction," said Brad Klein, architecture editor for Golfweek magazine.

Apart from shaking buildings to their foundations, the Northridge quake shattered the faith structural engineers had in the safety of several types of widely used forms of construction.

The law in Exodus 20 24 26, which authorized a plurality of altar sites and the simplest forms of construction (earth and rough stone), suited the plain conditions of this period.

Other forms of construction held up longer than residential building but are now falling at the fastest pace in at least 45 years, a decline of more than 17 percent from early 2009.

This temple has a circular plan with a peristyle of stone columns and lintels around the outside, but the wall of the circular cella, or sanctuary room, inside is built of concrete an uneasy confrontation of new and traditional forms of construction.

Some of the theory necessary to predict transmission is well documented and common to other forms of construction.

Further, successful applications of CSRE are highlighted in different forms of construction including housing, roads and retaining walls.