Which preposition to use with constructing

of Occurrences 218%

Their boats are constructed of spruce or cedar boards of a quarter of an inch in thickness, "clap-boarded," as the expression is, upon "knees" of the natural crook, and weigh from ninety to one hundred and ten pounds each.

in Occurrences 124%

Ebers, being literary, constructed in his plot a bed of heather on which he lay and read or made verses.

for Occurrences 124%

There were the donkey engine and the works we had constructed for wreckingand there beside them, watching us reflectively, stood Percy Darrow.

on Occurrences 90%

The defences had been originally constructed on a magnificent scale and with great skill, according to the ancient art of war.

with Occurrences 71%

This house was designed and constructed with the freedom of stroke of a forester's axe, without other compass and square than Nature uses.

at Occurrences 47%

She was constructed at a cost of $10,000,000.

from Occurrences 34%

The great mill, where the wood pulp was made, was a building constructed from pine slabs and cobblestones, material gathered from the clearing in which it stood, but it was quite substantial and roomy.

out Occurrences 25%

It is, indeed, a conceivable supposition that every species of Rhinoceros and every species of Hyaena, in the long succession of forms between the Miocene and the present species, was separately constructed out of dust, or out of nothing, by supernatural power; but until I receive distinct evidence of the fact, I refuse to run the risk of insulting any sane man by supposing that he seriously holds such a notion.

as Occurrences 15%

It is ill-omened, if not an affront, to ask a man how many children he has; and to demand the amount of the population of a city, is either constructed as an infringement upon the prerogative of the omnipotent Creator, who knows how many people he creates, and how to take care of them, or it is the question of a spy, who is seeking to ascertain the strength or weakness of the country.

under Occurrences 13%

The latter was the largest house ever constructed under a single roof; now the whole top of it has been taken off because it could not be put together solidly again, and the edifice stands wide open to the sky.

after Occurrences 11%

The kitchens of the Middle Ages, in England, are said to have been constructed after the fashion of those of the Romans.

over Occurrences 7%

When this machine was further perfected by rigging it upon wheels, and constructing over it a roof, so as to form a testudo, which protected the besieging party from the assaults of the besieged, there was no tower so strong, no wall so thick, as to resist a long-continued attack, the great length of the beam enabling the soldiers to work across the defensive ditch, and as many as one hundred men being often employed upon it.

within Occurrences 7%

But strong works with ramparts and pallisades had been constructed within the breach, from which the royalists might have long maintained a sanguinary and perhaps doubtful conflict.

during Occurrences 7%

New barricades would probably be constructed during the evening, the forward movement of the resistance was being precipitated, the hand-to-hand struggle which the Committee had wished to delay seemed imminent, all was rushing forward with a sort of irresistible impulse.

near Occurrences 6%

A curious machine, one which at the present day would puzzle the beholder to guess its use, had been constructed near the edge of the water.

around Occurrences 6%

When the Holy City was taken by the crusaders, the D'Jame al Acsa, with the various buildings constructed around it, became the property of the kings of Jerusalem, and is denominated by William of Tyre "the Palace," or "Royal House to the south of the Temple of the Lord, vulgarly called the 'Temple of Solomon.'"

by Occurrences 6%

As soon as the covering parties were over, light bridges to carry infantry in file were constructed by lashing the rafts together and placing planks on them.

into Occurrences 6%

The natives of Louisiana used to make fans of the tail; and four of that appendage joined together was formerly constructed into a parasol by the French.

than Occurrences 5%

Their canoes are more rudely constructed than in most of the other islands; and, on the whole, these people seem to be among the most degraded of the islanders of the Pacific.

across Occurrences 5%

In January 1917 the military railway from the Suez Canal had been constructed across the Sinai Desert and the first train was run into El Arish, about ninety miles from the Canal.

along Occurrences 5%

Were it ever necessary to make this part of the river navigable it will be no easy task to overcome the obstacles at this point; but a tram or railway could, with very little difficulty, be constructed along the east side of the river past the cañon.

without Occurrences 4%

"The rest of the story from that point can be constructed without difficulty.

of Occurrences 3%

With a view to the approaching summer, our mariners turned their attention to the constructing of a tent within the crater.

between Occurrences 3%

The barrier which Poland wants to construct between Germany and Russia is an absurdity which must be swept away at once.

about Occurrences 2%

Conjectured to have been constructed about 1210-20 when the apsidal east end was pulled down, it forms one of the earliest instances of "plate" tracery.

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