brick building

collocation in English

meaningsofbrickandbuilding

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brick
noun
uk
/brɪk/us
/brɪk/
a rectangular block of hard material used for building walls ...
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building
noun
uk
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/us
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house ...
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(Definition ofbrickandbuildingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The civic centre was reduced to a singlebrickbuildingon the site of the market hall.
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Healy's home was in a dark, cramped ' rear tenement ', a three-storeybrickbuildingtucked in what had once been the back yard of a larger structure.
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We have accepted their view, and we are going to provide abrickbuildinginstead.
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This centre is housed in a largebrickbuilding.
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They are housed in abrickbuildingwhich is centrally heated and has adequate sanitary arrangements.
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I know that the tenants tend to favour the phased redevelopment of the estate using traditionalbrickbuildingmethods.
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It was a fine bigbrickbuildingof two storeys.
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If we get on withbrickbuilding, they go for us for not using steel.
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Negotiations for the disposal of thebrickbuildingto the owner of the land are in progress.
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A modernbrickbuildingis needed.
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It may be possible to build concrete houses at something like the present cost ofbrickbuilding, or even less, if they are erected in comparatively large numbers.
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It is a five storybrickbuilding, 14 bays long.
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It was built about 1912, and is a one-story, rectangular,brickbuilding.
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It was not the well-known whitebrickbuildingpresent today.
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It was built in 1931, and is a two-story,brickbuildingwith a full basement and a gable on hip roof.
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Students were taught at the originalbrickbuildinguntil 1910, when a large new school was dedicated to relieve overcrowding.
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It was built between 1928 and 1930, and is a one-story, rectangularbrickbuildingwith a concrete foundation, brick walls and deck-on-hip roof.
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The mill house, which was completely destroyed, was soon replaced with a largebrickbuilding.
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The cabin later was replaced by abrickbuildingfor the ticket office, waiting room and toilet.
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