The freeze allows for buildings already under construction in West Bank settlements to be completed and does not apply to East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as their future capital.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

So, you could buy apartment buildings for way less than it would cost to replace them.

所以，你可以买公寓，这比你自己花钱重建房屋,要省钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

People would invest in buildings solely for tax purposes because you could write off the depreciation on the building, so people were cynically setting up DPPs as tax shelters only.

人们可以仅仅为了避税而投资一幢大楼,因为你可以对大楼计提折旧,注,计提的折旧可以抵扣税前收益从而减少应交税金 所以讽刺的是DPP仅被当做了避税工具

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He was famous for painting flowers,buildings and the natural environment in a way that explored color and the changing effects of light.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Hershey's town was modern. It had nice houses,large public buildings, and an electric railway system for easy transportation.

VOA: special.2010.12.05

For example, hundreds of thousands of people a year visit the ancient buildings of Machu Picchu in Peru.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

It paid for new roads,bridges, and government buildings -- for almost anything the congressmen wanted.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

For example, they are reusing materials and heating buildings in a more environmentally friendly way.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Some artists were hired to create large paintings for the inside of government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

This series of buildings looks like an ancient home for kings.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

For this reason and others, Kahn did not make many buildings.

VOA: special.2011.07.24

The next records for tallest buildings are in other countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Nearby,others are cleaning out partially collapsed homes and buildings, including the beach structures used for traditional ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

Yellow confetti rained from the buildings onto the street, reminiscent of the color the widow-turned-democracy icon chose for her campaign to unseat then-president Ferdinand Marcos.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Authorities say heavy digging equipment is headed to the worst-hit areas of western Java, but time is running out for scores buried under collapsed buildings and landslides.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Several buildings collapsed. Rescue workers frantically searched for survivors in the debris.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

They say the population is getting older,the buildings are in a state of degradation, and more and more shops are being opened for the millions of tourists that visit the city.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The town of Marysville, which was almost obliterated in the disaster, remains a crime scene as investigators search the charred debris of buildings for more victims of a fire that was thought to have been started deliberately.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

"They have all these great plans for new designs and new buildings and reflecting pools and memorial this and memorial that I think they should leave a little bit they are tearing the last bit of it out now,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.01