"building" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Furthermore, the buildings constructed with fragile local material could not withstand earthquakes.
- In theory, the building can withstand an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter Scale.
- But that is to make sure a building will withstand high winds.
- That the building withstood the heat was a success story, she said, but one of far too few in Goma.
- Soil, rocks and the way the earthquake waves travel all affect how well a building withstands the tremors.
- Over the years, the buildings withstood the floods of 1955 and survived a gas explosion in the 1960's.
- Xiong wrote that the buildings could withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.
- We were always told by everyone, the experts, that these buildings could withstand direct hits from airplanes.
- Angelique's first thought was to concede that they had been right about what the grand old building could withstand.
- The original buildings withstood the Napier earthquake of 1931.
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