Sentence examples for overflow building from inspiring English sources

One Westminster Bridge, or the Greater London Council overflow building, sits isolated on a roundabout.

Ideological opponents of reform - on the back foot for years as these results of modernisation became clear - see an opportunity in the current economic climate to take us back to public sector monopoly, where buildings like the GLC overflow building were allowed to blot our landscape, and the service provider, not its user, came first.

The Christmas Island detention centre – built for 800 people – now holds about 1,500 in tents and overflow buildings.

In a 2013 audit, the library's inspector general warned that millions of items, some from as far back as the 1980s, remained piled in overflowing buildings and warehouses, virtually lost to the world.

He had raced on foot from East 96th Street to the office on West 48th Street, "snapping pictures of overheated crowds and overflowing buildings along the way," then climbed 10 flights to the newsroom, only to miss the deadline.

Though Mr. Billington was rarely a focus of controversy, the library's inspector general, in a 2013 audit, warned that millions of items, some acquired as long ago as the 1980s, remained piled up in overflowing buildings and warehouses, virtually lost to the world.

Along with other cities, New York City is trying to curb the problem of combined sewage overflows by building underground reservoirs that work almost like bladders.

The idea was simple: make more room for the river to overflow, rather than building right on its banks.

Throughout most of its history, China has attempted to control the Huang He by building overflow channels and increasingly taller dikes, and in 1955 the Chinese embarked on an ambitious 50-year construction plan and flood-control program.

The West Side town house, in which the couple gradually acquired floor after floor until they occupied the entire building, overflowed with the detritus of his activities.

At a separate meeting on Wednesday night, the small auditorium in the former Austin Community High building overflowed with students, parents, area residents, school administrators and public school officials.