The roof of a Japanese temple building can be made to overhang the sides of the structure by fifty per cent or more of the building's overall width.

日本寺庙建筑的屋顶可以比建筑的侧面多向外伸出50%以上的宽度。

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He said the new plant would produce steel plates with a width of more than two meters used in automotive or ship building industries in the country.

他说新厂将生产用于本国汽车或轮船建造工业的两米多宽的钢板。

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The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high.

殿前的廊子长二十肘，与殿的宽窄一样，高一百二十肘。

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New York's 432 Park Avenue, potentially the city's tallest residential building when completed in 2016, may also be one of the city's skinniest, with a width-to-height ratio that could require more complicated dampening techniques.

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