Sentence examples for construction a record from inspiring English sources

When the Conservatives were defeated in October 1964 there was under construction a record number of 421,000 homes.

In 2007 we set records in so many key economic areas: The highest bond rating in nearly 80 years; roughly $25 billion in new construction; a record 33percentt home ownership rate; and 46 million tourists.

On the supply side, substantial new construction pushed office vacancies to 6 million square feet while space under construction reached a record 7.1 million feet, Dunham said.

Construction hit a record low in 2011, surpassing a 2010 performance which itself displaced 2009's.

New Jersey gained 4,000 jobs in February, mostly in construction, for a record total of 4,033,100 jobs, the State Labor Department said yesterday.

The initial display in the first room includes editions of Palladio's "Four Books of Architecture," both a practical guide to design and construction and a record of Palladio's works, built and unbuilt, and probably the single most influential work in architectural history.

The relative scarce number of countries subject to the quarterly narrative approach reflects the considerable effort required by the construction of a record of legislated tax changes.

So the federal government fronted the money and supervised the construction of a record-breaking dam, and upon its completion, turned its bounty over to the beneficiaries (for a price).

The Midwest had a gain of 5.6percentt, although that reflected strength in apartment construction; single-family building hit a record low in that region.

The increase pushed construction spending to a record annual pace of $988.5 billion in May, bolstered by a 0.8percentt gain in home construction.

Spending on residential construction increased to a record in April, the Commerce Department reported today.