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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sturdy retaining wall will hold everything in place and you can use soil taken from other areas to fill in gaps.
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After their previous experience of leaky ponds, John and Jenny were taking no chances with the strength of the retaining wall .
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So, it is essential that the retaining wall has adequate strength to avoid bowing and possible collapse in the future.
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The rock retaining wall built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the mid-1930s is to be restored.
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What the tourists come to see is a raised dais of grass hemmed in by a retaining wall .