7 sentences with 'constructions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word constructions and other words derived from it.
• « The tower built in 285 BC on the island of Pharos, off Alexandria, was the first lighthouse in living memory and gave its name to later constructions. It is estimated to have been about 130 metres high and a permanently lit fire was kept burning on its summit. »
• « A tower built around 285 BC on the island of Pharos with a lighted fire on top was the first night watchtower on the seas and gave its name to later constructions. »
• « The first inhabitants of the future permanent constructions on the Moon will probably be miners, who on board automated, robot-assisted vehicles will scavenge the Selenite surface for rocks rich in helium-3. »
• « The building dates back to the 4th century BC, but later Augustus and Trajan made new constructions. »
• « Quicklime, sand and pebbles are indispensable elements in all constructions. We are all familiar with the huge machines used to make the mixture of these rocks. »
• « Culture is dynamic, it transforms itself. The elements that form it - created and constructed by people - act on the members of the society that produces it and, at the same time, human beings retain the possibility of introducing new constructions. »