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‘A wall may manifest thickness.’

[⟨det wall.nmanifest.v (k thickness.n)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I forgot to take into account the psychological aspect which, after all, determines true distances and the true distances and the true thickness of walls.
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In Wikipedia:

It is bound together by the fit of the stones and the regular placement of stones which extend through the thickness of the wall.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This special effect creates the general impression that the thickness and weight of a concrete wall will disappear.”
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The key requirement for increasing the HE content without increasing shell weight was to reduce the thickness of shell walls, this required improvements in high tensile steel.
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The thermal insulating value of a material is directly related to both the porosity of the material and the thickness of the wall.
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Previous to this the greatest dome was that of the Pantheon at Rome, but this was carried on an immense wall 20 ft. thick, and with the exception of small niches or recesses in the thickness of the wall could not be extended, so that Justinian apparently instructed his architect to provide an immense hemicycle or apse at the eastern end, a similar apse at the western end, and great arches on either side, the walls under which would be pierced with windows.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Its focus was on whether the drug reduced the thickness of arterial walls in patients with very high cholesterol levels.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The thickness of external walls should be diverse for various types.
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The floors are linked by a straight stair within the thickness of the west wall.
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At Hodge Close, near Tilberthwaite in Cumbria are square and rectangular bee boles set into a drystone wall, facing south to get as much warmth as possible; sheltered from the winds by the thickness of the wall.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A window can frame a view, bathe a wall in light, orient a building user to the exterior landscape, express the thickness of the wall, describe the structural system of the building, and acknowledge an axial relationship with another architectural element.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At the base, the thickness of the wall is 380 feet, and at the top it is 130 feet thick.
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New city ordinances set standards for the thickness of walls and required division walls between buildings.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And check out the thickness of the wall!
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Internally the most impressive feature is the tall, narrow chancel arch, the jambs of the head being formed of stones that pass through the full thickness of the wall.
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The thickness of the wall is very large, usually reaches the 6 meters, while at the points that are opened the famous tunnels up to 17 m.
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There is also a small and carefully finished and vaulted gallery in the thickness of the wall over the door to the hall, with a wide opening towards the hall.
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In common with a number of old manor houses in England, the house also contains a “secret” passageway via a cleverly marked panel in the wainscoting of the ’Tapestry Dressing – room ’: “which communicates by a very narrow and steep flight of steps in the thickness of the wall with ’the Red Bedroom ’.
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In Wikipedia:

“In 1852, Arthur Hussey described the church as having architectural features” certainly of a very early character “and further :” In Wormshill church the arches, which are pointed, appear to be mere perforations of the wall, the soffits being single, the angles not chamfered, of the thickness of the wall, flat and plain from one side to the other.
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Queried on 2013-05-23.