The building type that gradually evolved was neither a terrace house nor ablockofflats.
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However, it has now become a word in its own right, referring to ablockofflatswhich is more luxurious than an ordinary 'apato'.
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Instead of retail, he now rents out his shop building and has built ablockofflatsfor rent.
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The middle of the 'village', however, was dominated by a huge longblockofflatswhich represented a mix of modernism and the ringhiera style.
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We lived in a jerrybuiltblockofflatswhere everybody heard everything and it disturbed the neighbours.
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Let us assume for a moment that a developer is contemplating constructing a single house for letting, or ablockofflats.
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In ablockofflatsin my constituency there was a typical example of what went on.
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It does not help to put a couple of petrol pumps and a small garage underneath ablockofflats.
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I deeply regret that thisblockofflatsshould remain out of commission at a time of acute housing shortage.
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In the one case where the tenant in thatblockofflatswent to the rent officer, the rent was increased to £400 a year.
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There seems to be a reluctance to accept premises from the local housing department which are on the ground floor of ablockofflats.
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But, even if we take theblockofflats, is that a sound answer?
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Or there may be a drunken caretaker of ablockofflats.
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Let us take the case of the owner of a wholeblockofflats—500 of them.
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I believe that a beautiful public building can be more beautiful and useful than even the best designedblockofflatsor business premises.
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