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Definition of Buildings
1. building [n] - See also: building
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buildings
Literary usage of Buildings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The ancient buildings were all modernized in the eighteenth century. ... The modern
buildings are imposing from their size, and the library contains a most ..."
2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1906)
"New buildings had hardly started from the ground when a school of architects and
trustees appeared whose motto — to put it barely — was "Show, not use. ..."
3. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"buildings.—The Federal Board has in preparation a bulletin on buildings and ...
In this bulletin it is pointed out that three types of buildings may be ..."
4. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Denmark 2006 review by International Energy Agency (2006)
"POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY SAVINGS Academic and other studies have indicated substantial
potential exists for further energy savings in buildings. ..."
5. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1885)
"The buildings of the Chief Monastic Orders in England. Chairman : JP Seddon,
Esq., FRIBA Mr. JT Micklethwaite, FSA, delivered a lecture on the above subject ..."
6. Biennial report by Minnesota Tax Commission, Washington (State). Board of State Land Commissioners, Washington (State), Board of State Land Commissioners (1916)
"Partial Exemption of buildings Another proposal for special land taxation involves
a heavier direct tax oh land than on buildings and improvements on land. ..."
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