Following the emperor's death on October 20, 1740, the whole edifice collapsed.

One family built the whole edifice, and have got money left.

And then the whole edifice had been faced with white marble.

It could not really enact reform, because any crack in the system would bring down the whole edifice.

They have lost the fear, and that means the whole edifice will come tumbling down.

But in 1938 his mother died suddenly, "and the whole edifice collapsed".

This act provided the foundation upon which the whole edifice of apartheid would be constructed.

The whole edifice was swept away by last winter's peaceful revolution.

It's an active part of the power structure, and without it the whole edifice would fly apart.

The whole sick edifice needs a complete overhaul and brought into the 21st century.