Example sentences of "[was/were] built [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were built primarily round the kin-group , and expanded by the making of bonds of maintenance and manrent , whereby lords and men offered one another protection and support , normally for life , sometimes in perpetuity . |
| 2 | But even that was a better success rate than among the nests that were built away from the colony . |
| 3 | Of three bases , which were built together into the city-wall hastily thrown up by Themistocles after the return from Salamis and which probably originally supported a single group of statues , two are carved in low relief . |
| 4 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 5 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 6 | Cupboards and shelves were built all round the room and concealed behind neat panels of canvas-covered wood , with touch-opening mechanisms so as not to break the continuity of the limited space . |
| 7 | This property was built right on the water 's edge in the pretty harbour of Malcesine , just 10 minutes walk from the cablecar station for the ride up Monte Baldo for the most stunning views . |
| 8 | This dry dock was built specially for the construction of the ship by Brunel ( q.v . ) . |
| 9 | The barn was built parallel to the ridge of the bank , being entered at high level on the uphill side . |