Sentence examples for refurbishment from inspiring English sources

It was confirmed that the prison's inventory of tools was intact and the focus was on outside contractors doing refurbishment work at the prison, which houses 3,000 inmates in the village of Dannemora, and was built in 1865.

Elegant architects' plans for the building's refurbishment were drawn up some years ago, but put aside when money got tight.

The whole Plaza de Toros complex underwent a refurbishment in the 1970s when canny restaurateurs realised that its high ceilings and open brickwork would provide the perfect setting for a series of bars and eateries.

We are also pushing for a major house-building programme and the refurbishment of older and disused properties, in order to give low-income families the chance to have a good quality home at a rent they can afford.

Timor-Leste alleges Australia inserted bugs in the cabinet room to listen to Timorese negotiators during the talks, under the guise of a refurbishment paid for by an Australian aid program.

Other millennium projects, such as the refurbishment of the Royal Opera House, were fine things, yet tame in terms of fresh design.

And Muni theatre in Colne in Pendle, east Lancashire, has been promised £56,000 towards refurbishment.

The famous dining hall, said to be the oldest in both Oxford and Cambridge, is currently closed for refurbishment and is expected to remain so until September next year.

We have a £380m school refurbishment programme.

"He said it could only have happened in the new world, from a place that felt optimistic and was trying to make a statement about its future," Mr Johnson recalls.In his new role, Mr Utzon prepared refurbishment plans for the opera theatre to create more seats, a wider stage and an expanded orchestra pit capable of holding 104 musicians, about 35 more than it does now.

THE financial missionaries of the IMF unpack their suitcases in some of the finest hotels in the world, but their offices in Washington, DC, are in need of refurbishment.