flat roof
collocation in Englishmeaningsofflatandroof
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flat
adjective
uk/flæt/us/flæt/
level and smooth, with no curved, high, or ...
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roof
noun[C]
uk/ruːf/us/ruːf/
the covering that forms the top of a building, ...
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(Definition offlatandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many of the rules and precautions that relate toflatroofconstruction (such as applying asphalt in more than one coat) are compensating measures.
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Consider the perimeter of aflatroof.
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Theflatroof, if employed for technical reasons as the covering of a building and not chosen for its expression or effect, is as a roof non-existent.
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Theflatroofof the maternity unit will have to be replaced for the second time in 18 years at a cost of £120,000.
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I have a constituent who has had hisflatroofrepaired 14 times but still has rain coming in through the roof.
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Huts have grown up on everyflatroof.
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The exercise area was a cage of modest size on aflatroofpatrolled from above by a doghandler.
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Such bodies will know, when it comes to evaluating an internal leak, that something is wrong with the building'sflatroof.
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The exercise area was a cage of modest size on aflatroofpatrolled from above by a dog handler.
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Has anybody got any idea what it costs to repair seven miles of leakingflatroof?
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He told me that the biggest difference was the £300,000 that was spent on theflatroof.
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Theflatroofmakes it look like a coal shed.
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It has aflatroofand is of a dreadful design.
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We have never been able to build aflatroofthat does not let in dampness, no matter what techniques the architects use.
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One school has seven miles offlatroof.
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You might just as well have no roof at all as aflatroofin a climate of that sort.
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In the past two years a high school, built in the 1960s, had part of itsflatroofblown off in a high wind.
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A suggestion has been made that you might get just as good a view if there was aflatroofwhere the public could go.
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The main items of expenditure included are: dry lining of interior walls; 8-inch cork insulation as part offlatroofreplacements; replacement of ill-fitting exterior doors.
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