Sentence examples for massive shipbuilding from inspiring English sources

The government sponsored massive shipbuilding and harbor improvement projects, and the construction of beacons and seaport warehouses in order to support maritime trade abroad and the major international seaports, such as Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Xiamen, that were sustaining China's commerce.

After proposals from the IJN in 1911 and 1912 for massive shipbuilding programs, the Cabinet compromised down to a "four-four" plan; under this, three new battleships and no new battlecruisers were authorized.

The government has already moved to rein in spending on a massive shipbuilding contract started by the previous government that is seeking to build the navy's next generation of warships.

The British grip on French maritime travel was a constant source of irritation to Napoleon, who instigated a massive shipbuilding program with the intention of breaking the blockade: by 1808 he was able to muster over 80 ships of the line against the British blockade squadrons.

The huge purchase of fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, which was an election issue, will now go ahead – Harper says it will cost $9bn, government auditors say $39bn – as will massive military shipbuilding.

A massive $40 billion shipbuilding program is still stalled at the starting gate.

The following decades saw a massive build-up of shipbuilding at this historic Medway dockyard.

A massive $40 billion [$30.5 billion USD] shipbuilding program is still stalled at the starting gate.

"Greenock had been a shipbuilding town, but was suffering massive unemployment," he explains to the Labour magazine Tribune.

7. Find out how the "Bug" Lighthouse got its nickname, ogle a massive Fresnel Lens, and learn about the shipbuilding history of Greenport at the small but engaging East End Seaport Museum.

A shipbuilding boom in the early part of the 20th century became massive during World War I, making Seattle somewhat of a company town; the subsequent retrenchment led to the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in the country.