Example sentences of "down [coord] replaced " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pivotal notion of Spandau prison being pulled down and replaced by a supermarket was one which greatly excited Brenton , signifying at a stroke both Western Europe 's descent into cynical consumerism and the wiping out of history . |
| 2 | The pitched roof of the main block was re-tiled and large areas of the painted external weatherboarding ( including the whole of the rear gable ) were taken down and replaced with new material backed with a lining of bituminous felt to better exclude the wind . |
| 3 | All the medieval buildings were torn down and replaced by stone built ones , with red pantiled roofs . |
| 4 | No molecule of our body survives unchanged for more than a few weeks or months ; over that period , even in adults , it is synthesized , plays its part in the cellular economy , and is then discarded , broken down and replaced by another more or less identical . |
| 5 | At the same time Gwalia House was closed down and replaced by a quaint shop in the historic market town of Shrewsbury . |