imposing structure

collocation in English

meaningsofimposingandstructure

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imposing
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpəʊ.zɪŋ/us
/ɪmˈpoʊ.zɪŋ/
having an appearance that looks important or ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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And this school was animposingstructure, some eight storeys high.
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Where the overall context is purely biological, the freely autonomous - normally left-lateralised - activity ofimposingstructurecan certainly still take place.
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This capability ofimposingstructurereflecting user interests is a unique capability of the new algorithm.
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Where, in the whole of thisimposingstructure, is there any arrangement for detecting these things early, before the duck becomes acutely lame?
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The old clubhouse was demolished and a newimposingstructureoverlooking the lush green cricket grounds was built.
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It is animposingstructure, finished in stucco with powerful wooden detailing at the principal doorways, roof cornice and porch.
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The teacher's school was built next to the existing kindergarten, primary, secondary and female schools, which formed altogether animposingstructure.
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Thisimposingstructuredates from the 13th century.
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This fort must have been animposingstructure.
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Parts of theimposingstructurestill stand today and are used as a storage facility.
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Several drawings, photographs and lithographs of it survive, and show animposingstructurefortified by multiple long-range cannon and manned accordingly.
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The fantasia has a veryimposingstructureand sound, the feel of which is created by the piece's one-measure generative theme.
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It is protected by two walls, the outermost of which extends for almost 800 meters, making it theimposingstructure.
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Built in white marble thisimposingstructureis quite a sight.
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It has animposingstructurebuilt in 1923.
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The square fort, with its massive walls, strong flanking bastions, secret tunnels to the sea and intricately carved huge doors, is animposingstructure.
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It was a single story wooden structure consisting of two portable houses later developed into a moreimposingstructure.
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The proposed building was a monumentallyimposingstructurerepresenting a high form of brutalism and included large glass windows, balconies, and terraced staircases.
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It is animposingstructureon a high plinth with two tall minarets 30 m tall, 172 pillars and seven mihrabs.
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The whole is animposingstructurethat includes a wooded park in the south.
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