RESTORATION


Meaning of RESTORATION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

undergo repairs/restoration

The ship is currently undergoing extensive repairs.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

full

The aircraft is in very poor condition and is unlikely to be capable of a full restoration .

The cost of a full restoration is between £15,000 and £40,000.

Uppark is a house of comparable importance and value, and its full restoration is essential.

major

A major programme of restoration and conversion started which carries on today.

It underwent a major restoration -- extensive filling in of painted sky and backdrop -- about 14 years ago.

The major restoration programme has necessitated an appeal for £1 million.

To remedy this, a major restoration project is now under way, financed by an allocation of funds from the National Lottery.

The work is part of its major restoration programme.

And, finally, you have four years to complete the projects of construction of the major hospitals and restorations .

■ NOUN

programme

The major restoration programme has necessitated an appeal for £1 million.

Aston Martin Lagonda is introducing a service and restoration programme which means its cars should live longer than their owners.

A restoration programme is now under way.

The mill has become the subject of a thorough restoration programme .

The work is part of its major restoration programme .

The exhibition will also present the first stage of a restoration programme which will cover the 150 photographs displayed.

The Palace has launched a friends association with the aim of raising funds for its ongoing restoration programme .

project

The entire restoration project is fully described in a forthcoming publication by Ello De Rosa.

Without warning, Palmer Golf announced its withdrawal from the Harding restoration project on Jan. 16.

The restoration project was begin in 1988 in collaboration with the State, and involves almost half of the museum.

Occasionally, even its member institutions will go elsewhere for a restoration project .

The next restoration project will be of the melodramatic pyramid memorial to Canova, which is in a dangerously precarious state.

Proceeds from the auction will be used for restoration projects and the creation of small provincial museums.

To remedy this, a major restoration project is now under way, financed by an allocation of funds from the National Lottery.

The Brynteg group are, of course, well known for their high-quality Taff Vale carriage restoration project .

work

The restoration work at Biddulph is now complete.

She also detected restoration work performed on the painting during the 1960s.

Just like Windsor, the blaze happened during restoration work .

Art restoration work is slow, methodical and sometimes tedious.

See them using traditional skills on new forged ironwork as well as restoration work .

Uppark will first be made weatherproof and opened to the public for six days in November before restoration work begins.

Naturally the Society was delighted when the prospect of further restoration work was broached.

Read in studio A castle has just reopened to the public after nearly four years of restoration work .

■ VERB

call

The anti-Yeltsin Duma approved a resolution in mid-March calling for restoration of the Soviet Union.

carry

Today it is the home of Malcom and Gwynneth Hearne who have carried out extensive restoration work.

Alfio Del Serra has been chosen to carry out the restoration .

complete

In 1954 he completed the restoration of the chapel, which was ravaged by death-watch beetle.

follow

Adherence to Lancaster meant a further forfeiture in 1461, but this was followed by a second restoration in 1470.

undergo

This is in Pauntley and is an impressive, large, half-timbered building which underwent restoration in the early 1930s.

It underwent a major restoration -- extensive filling in of painted sky and backdrop -- about 14 years ago.

undertake

It was donated to the East Anglian Microcar Club which undertook a competent restoration before laying it up.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Some Native Americans are demanding the restoration of their lands.

The state has completed a major restoration of the governor's mansion.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Although there were some rooms open to the public, most of the interior was desperately in need of restoration .

It is also the case that after the dismemberment of Dionysos there is also the restoration of Dionysos to life.

It launched its £2.5 million restoration appeal in April, and almost £500,000 has already been raised.

Many museums shut down in the afternoon or are closed for restoration .

Now research and restoration would begin.

Stolen in 1933, it was taken to Prague in 1934 for restoration after its recovery.

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