verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
demolish/destroy a building (= pull it down )
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Permission is needed to demolish listed buildings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
building
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Be sure to say why owners wish to demolish a building , however strongly you may disagree with their view.
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The University announced it would demolish two blocks of buildings on the north side of the street between Park and Santa Rita.
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This may mean demolishing the building or returning it to its original use.
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Permission is needed to demolish such buildings and this provides the opportunity to investigate suitable alternative uses.
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Underpinning is expensive and inconvenient, and involves the addition of new foundations or short concrete piles without demolishing the building .
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Eight houses were demolished before building on the palace began by Aostalli in 1562-4.
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Building the beautiful boulevards of Paris, Baron Haussmann demolished more than 20,000 buildings.
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Conditions attached to the granting of planning permission included not demolishing the existing building until work was ready to begin on rebuilding.
church
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Demolition in conservation areas Permission is also needed to demolish an unlisted church in a conservation area.
house
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In 1706 Lord Chesterfield acquired the property and demolished the original house .
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Mr Wilkinson requires developers to get planning permission before demolishing a single house .
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They will not reveal any plans to demolish the house next door and erect a block of flats in its place.
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They advised Hargreaves to buy back houses sold to former tenants and to demolish houses rather than renovate them.
way
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This has now been demolished to make way for new houses.
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The prison that once sprawled over a full city block has been demolished to make way for the 20-story Hanoi Tower.
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Many of the larger houses have been demolished to make way for more modern houses and bungalows.
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The club closed in the late Sixties and was later demolished to make way for the shopping centre Eldon Gardens.
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A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her, Isabel vaguely recalled hearing.
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The old terraced houses are being demolished to make way for a new shopping centre.
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An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall, thus providing an approximate date for its construction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Eventually, in 1997, the apartment block was demolished.
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I've seen Marian demolish a big box of chocolates in one sitting!
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It would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish.
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Miami demolished Texas 46-3.
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Several houses were demolished to make way for the new road.
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The decision demolishes part of the city's civil rights legislation.
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The kids demolished the cake and then ran back outside to play.
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There was a time when the response "that's a value judgement" would have demolished any argument in the educational field.
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When they demolished the church, a cave was discovered beneath it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And there: the flat-Earth hypothesis is demolished.
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His house and studio were demolished more than a century ago.
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However the planners never allowed it to open and the building is set to be demolished within the next few weeks.
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In the end the matter was resolved amicably and Springtown was cleared of residents and demolished.
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The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish .
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These stones were removed when this monument was demolished and built in steps in the east wing of the villa.