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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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block
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Vertically you can slip for four or six rows, but it is best not to do this in rectangular blocks .
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Its pillars were just rectangular blocks of mousy-grey ashlar; its capitals plain but for a fringe of simple water-leaf scallops.
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Both Secunderabad and Hyderabad presented long arcaded fronts to the platform, back by powerful rectangular blocks containing offices.
panel
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On two sides the grid is flanked by large, rectangular panels of interlaced circles.
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It is mounted on a rectangular panel , studded with 24 lights.
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The walls were painted with rectangular panels and borders, and mosaic floors formed pictures.
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As mentioned above, most of the mosaics with grids of square or rectangular panels also share a number of decorative features.
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The same rectangular panel also has a band of superposed triangles.
shape
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They were all fortified some time after the late third century and are characterized by their broadly rectangular shape and small size.
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As well as rectangular shapes , there is an interlocking design which can be used to create more unusual patio patterns.
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Make sure you keep the drill bit truly vertical 5 Chop out the waste material to produce a clean rectangular shape .
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The roughly rectangular shape of the town centre still reflects the pattern of the old walls.
structure
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The aerial photographs suggest at least one Romano-Celtic temple alongside other circular or rectangular structures .
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The Yangshao farmers lived in rectangular structures and as many as 30 houses have been found in a single village.
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More intriguing still is the presence of nearby rectangular structures , which appear to show two phases of construction.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along the left side of the car was a rectangular piece of gray tarp.
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Narrow shoulders, indeed the shoulder blades were pronounced and his chest was rectangular .
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On each landing, a small rectangular settling tank was provided as a sediment trap.
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Silver-plated photograph frames; oval; rectangular .
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The restaurant seats 24, with three expansive rectangular marble tables each seating eight people.
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The temple is easily identifiable by its long, rectangular Central Court, in this case oriented north-north-east to south-south-west.
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They felt this would impart a pleasing curvature to an otherwise rectangular building.
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Two paths crossed the rectangular field, forming a neat St Andrew's Cross of down-trodden grass.