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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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arch
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On either side of the large doors is a gallery of Gothic arches facing west.
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Neville's eyebrows soared into a Gothic arch .
architecture
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The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture .
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Window design is also a characteristic feature of Gothic architecture .
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This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture .
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The House of Hapsburg came to power in 1273, and soon afterwards Gothic architecture made its appearance.
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This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture .
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This virtuoso decorative carving is a typical feature of late Gothic architecture in Bohemia.
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Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.
building
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Because of the inadequate fenestration later Gothic buildings , in particular, are dark inside compared to their equivalents elsewhere.
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Her influence on the girl was soon considerable and Constance looked forward to her visits to the grim and rambling Gothic building .
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This great Gothic building is now a gallery of Czech art of the 14 and 20C.
cathedral
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In Gothic cathedrals the light flows up to dominate the downward flow of masonry.
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The Gothic cathedrals were similarly designed in that sense.
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The Gothic cathedral façade was here the supreme vehicle.
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It was a one-story structure, but only if you think of a Gothic cathedral as one story.
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Moreover, in the building of the great Gothic cathedrals many new devices were introduced, including flying buttresses.
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The establishment of the Gothic cathedral pattern began with the building of the Cathedral of Paris in 1163.
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Exeter, 30 miles away, is an attractive city with a splendid Gothic cathedral .
church
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Outside Prague there are a number of outstanding later Gothic churches .
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Climb the hill and enter the echoing fifteenth-century Gothic church to peer through glass panels at the medieval foundations.
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Beyond it lay the Victorian Gothic church and some large houses of the same period, now mostly turned into flats.
design
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Had they wanted a Gothic design , they might well have restricted entries to Britain.
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This was a criticism not of Gothic design nor of church building but of extravagant expenditure.
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The aisles of the same height are in Gothic design .
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It is ironic that the man who did so much to revive Gothic design , Thomas Rickman, was himself a Quaker.
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In general, Romanesque style work continued late and Gothic design was slow to develop.
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The third prize-winner had, however, been chosen because his was a Gothic design .
novel
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She published a total of sixteen books in her career, of which ten were Gothic novels .
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Essentially, these Gothic novels are not the Gothics of today.
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There he penned a juvenile Gothic novel , a copy of which he intended to send to his belle.
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An abbey! the very sound of the word is thrilling to the young devotee of the Gothic novel .
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Older writers of Romantic Suspense and Gothic novels suddenly became popular and the careers of numerous new authors were launched.
revival
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No doubt both men, as supporters of the Gothic Revival , expected Scott to adhere to his stated principles.
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The interior received unsuitable eighteenth century classical additions, then nineteenth century Gothic Revival alterations.
romance
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The connection between ancient houses and mysteries of a shameful kind has its origin in Gothic romance .
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The revelation of Niagara Falls as a place of horror dovetailed neatly with the appearance of the Gothic romance in literature.
style
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Most remarkable, however, are his two houses in the Gothic style .
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Dedicated to St Paul, it is stone built in an early Gothic style .
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From the fourteenth century onwards considerable building was carried out in the Gothic style .
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Carter had worked under James Wyatt, one of the first professional architects to recognize the Gothic style in the eighteenth century.
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The Gothic style of the mansion has made it an ideal film set in the past.
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The vicarage house is a handsome brick building in the Gothic style .
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The windows are in simple Gothic style .
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Re-built in Gothic style from 1247 in brick, it is large, simple and spacious.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hovers between the Gothic and Romantic Suspense genres.
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Sitte, in opposition to baroque and modern rectilinearity, advocated the Gothic free-form of mediaeval streets.
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The Gothic room in the old town hall should be visited.
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This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture.
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This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture.
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This replaced the Gothic spire of the old St Nicholas' in the 18C.