Men in two special factories worked day and night to make the concrete building material for the dam.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

Workers also used more than twenty million kilograms of steel to strengthen the concrete in the dam.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

Kahn was able to make the concrete material of the building look both solid and airy.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

The idea is to replace some of the portland cement traditionally used in making concrete.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Is it going to be reinforced concrete? And then you get into all kinds of things in terms of the designs of the columns and the beams and the framing of the building and the connections.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

"The first stage, which is kind of concrete, they try to do something where there is some measurement involved.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

One concrete outcome of the Conference will be to formalize, to institutionalize it so that users can rely on that information.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

It aims to come up with concrete action plans to present to the G8 that would boost agricultural investment on many levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Unlike their other prizes, which actually honor concrete achievements, this tends to be about the political moment, about aspirations rather than achievements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Khun Garn,another textile worker, said the government needed to provide concrete policies to support the unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

(OMITTED) To make the film's dream world concrete, Nolan uses grand sets in six different countries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

It is an issue where we need to take concrete action to increase the number of women in politics and especially at decision-making levels in politics,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

He says president is unlikely to do so. The lack of concrete presidential action leads Nemtsov to conclude that the democratization and modernization of Russia remain impossible.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

And the United States seeks to pursue these common aspirations through concrete actions,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

If the peace prize was awarded to cheer ongoing efforts, some are suggesting it will increase pressure on President Obama to deliver concrete results on the world stage.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Libyan Ambassador Ali Aujali agreed, but said the Arab world is waiting for some concrete policy changes, especially in regard to Israel's continued expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

French Prime Minister Fran?ois Fillon says it is the duty of the G-20 group of the world's largest developed and emerging economies next month to achieve concrete results in resolving the global economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

U.S.officials indicated that they're prepared to wait a few more days for an Iranian response to the nuclear proposals, but that the Obama administration expects concrete action and does not have unlimited patience.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

But Wednesday,the U.S.Senate joined the House in refusing the president's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying he must first come up with a concrete plan to deal with the remaining 240 detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

U.S.officials say they're willing to wait a few more days for an Iranian response to the nuclear proposals, but they say the Obama administration is looking for concrete action and does not have unlimited patience.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

It's really been in the wake of the al-Mabhouh thing that the talk has really translated into concrete action and some of these governments have really started to get very tough on RIM, the company behind BlackBerry.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Clinton paid tribute to two aid initiatives of the Bush administration the Millennium Challenge Corporation which makes grants to countries with concrete plans for good governance and fighting corruption,and PEPFAR the anti HIV-AIDS program which has provided millions of Africans and others with anti-viral medications.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"This is a time where business community looks for specific concrete moves by the government so that we are able to build confidence and bring confidence back to the system and at the same time we'll be able to help promote more trade and investment,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.11