Sentence examples for was erected before from inspiring English sources

A statue was erected before the Merchants Exchange, Roman toga and all.

The building was erected before the adoption of the current zoning, which no longer permits towers of its size.

Though some provisional housing was erected before the onset of inclement weather, many persons remained in tents and other shelters that provided scant protection from the elements.

During naval battles in the 18 19th centuries, shots were sometimes fired early so a defensive screen was erected before the ships converged, to spoil the aim of the enemy.

Most often the building must be erected before rents come in.

They say that the wooden partitions were erected before they moved in.

Most of the local school buildings had been erected before the turn of the century; the report called for six of the fourteen to be demolished immediately.

That deadline will be missed but there is still hope that the memorial will be erected before the end of the year even if has to be downsized to a granite bench looking out to sea.

Concerts fill the historic plazas, larger-than-life figures parade through the streets and, on the eve of St. James's, a false facade is erected before the cathedral, then set aflame.

A stage had been erected before them, a podium in the center.

The state's first traveling theatrical companies performed in Detroit, and an opera house was erected there before the American Civil War.