Sentence examples for opened construction from inspiring English sources

Margaret Thatcher, who was then prime minister, opened construction in 1988, calling it a "wonderful example of private enterprise and local government working hand in hand for the benefit of Britain".

The first phase of the Gold Line light-rail route, from downtown to Pasadena, had recently opened; construction on the Expo Line had yet to begin.

When the first section opened, construction on a second stretch of the A5, reaching 32.5 km between Đakovo and Osijek, was announced on 15 November, with completion scheduled for December 2008.

"You think you're going to open construction floor plates," Mr. Schick said, "and instead you're going into a house of horrors".

Open construction of reinforced concrete.

Even after Stern opened, more construction was done as the building grew in five stages; the second building was not really finished until after 1900.

A beautiful new bakery has just opened, and construction will shortly commence on a three-story retail/residential building in the center of town.

After graduating from George Washington University in 1945, Mr. Pollin worked for his father, then opened a construction company.

Disney's "Confessions of a Shopaholic" is now in production on a soundstage that opened last spring; construction will soon begin on six more soundstages in Norwalk.

Just twelve years after it opened, the construction debt was paid off.

Background: The stadium was the penultimate to be opened, and construction delays proved a major headache for Fifa.