Sentence examples for demolished- from inspiring English sources

They present the tension between the traditional and the modern in affecting vignettes: street parades passing beneath towerblocks; young girls in a village beauty pageant; a man sitting on a stool amid the rubble of a demolished house.

England's full-back Emily Scarratt was given the player of the match award but it could have been given to the talismanic flanker Maggie Alphonsi, one of seven changes made by the coach Gary Street from the side that demolished Scotland in Aberdeen earlier this month.

Many statues stand in majestic parks, laid over the sites of demolished public buildings, including a prison the chief minister declared redundant because it was overcrowded.This year has not been kind to Ms Mayawati's grand ambitions.

But along the motorways and railway lines there is another England of concrete and glass, of shopping malls and new semi-detached houses, each with two cars in the drive.Milton Keynes, Peterborough and Swindon were chosen as locations for expansion in the 1950s and 1960s, when the government was looking for places to put Londoners displaced from demolished slums.

"It is regrettable when homes need to be demolished, but Annington's decision to redevelop the estate will see an increase in the number of homes by more than 100%, from 142 to 288, and the inclusion of 20% affordable homes will see a minimum of 59 created where there were none before.

The brewery closed in 1988 and was largely demolished.

To add salt to the wound of those who felt this was wasted cash, despite Sheffield producing many sporting talents in this period (including Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis), Don Valley Stadium, where Ennis trained, finally closed in September 2013 due to extreme financial pressures, and has since been demolished.

Factories only recently abandoned in The Full Monty era have either been demolished or remain derelict.

John McEnroe calls it "the changing of the guard" and says if Djokovic wins his ninth slam title on Sunday he has a chance to be considered "an all-time great" alongside Rafael Nadal, whom he demolished in straight sets on Wednesday, and Roger Federer, who lost in the quarters to Stan Wawrinka the same afternoon.

A counterfeit version of Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel, a spellbinding building in eastern France, sprung up in Zhengzhou in the 1990s, but was demolished after the furious foundation weighed in.

The La Latina neighbourhood of Madrid was once home to a thriving market hall, and later a well-used community sporting facility, demolished in August 2009 to make way for planned improvements.