Sentence examples for needed refurbishing from inspiring English sources

Yet any doubt that Avery Fisher Hall urgently needed refurbishing was quickly dispelled by the threadbare carpet, stained drapes and lumpy chairs of the conference room in which the administrators were meeting.

When the Swedish consul general's mansion in New York needed refurbishing, Inger Claesson Wastberg, the consul's wife, called on a group of women who are design students and teachers in Sweden to present ideas for the residence's living room.

It said that Lincoln Center was contemplating a "user-friendly complex of additional buildings," whereas "we must insist that the first order of business be the critically needed refurbishing and maintenance of the constituents' current operating facilities".

In 1992, when the Galleria underwent an $8 million face-lift, Gerald M. Cope, a Philadelphia architect who was responsible for the design changes, said most shopping centers needed refurbishing every 10 or 12 years to keep up with shifts in marketing and consumer trends.

"They will need refurbishing," he said.

For old brushes that need refurbishing, the Braun Brush Company in Albertson, N.Y., offers restoration: (800) 645-4111.

CONS: The house needs interior painting, the bathrooms need refurbishing, and the kitchen, an island in the middle of the parlor floor, is dated.

"We should have everything that needs refurbishing done for the 2009 season," Joseph A. Stout, commissioner of the county Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, said on a recent tour of Playland.

In August the 19-year-old RMS St Helena will be dry-docked for maintenance and next year both its engines will need refurbishing - all at taxpayers' expense.

There are police and fire department contracts to negotiate, a budget of nearly $1 million, shared services arrangements with adjacent towns to manage, sewers that need refurbishing and, perhaps most pressing, the city compost site that has been closed for weeks.

Gerald M. Cope, a Philadelphia architect who was responsible for the design changes then, observed at the time that most shopping centers need refurbishing every 10 or 12 years to keep pace with shifts in marketing and consumer trends.