Which preposition to use with construction

of Occurrences 1345%

Their preparations, however, required time as well as considerable skill, not only for the construction of the vehicle, but also to avoid suspicion and interruption from the Governor of Mergui,and the priesthood, who possessed the usual Oriental superstition and intolerance.

in Occurrences 59%

There's no art to find his mind's construction in the face.

on Occurrences 47%

That in itself, Henry, quite repays me for any trouble I may have takenbut I fear you are putting a bad construction on it.

to Occurrences 23%

If we carry out this doctrine of strict construction to its legitimate results, we shall find that it involves a logical absurdity.

as Occurrences 22%

Know that time has been when the Bee was as incapable of architectural construction as yourselves, when you and she alike were indiscriminable particles of primary protoplasm.

with Occurrences 15%

At Montoir, near St. Nazaire, eight berths were under construction with a total length of over 3,200 feet.

from Occurrences 11%

May we not from this circumstance infer, that, as is the case in all vernacular tongues, the vulgar dialect of the Romans, the sermo usualis, rusticus, pedestris,[AG] of which there are no monuments extant, differed very widely both in pronunciation and construction from that which has at any time been used either in writing or in the senate?

by Occurrences 10%

Twelve thousand of these new pattern shell had been ordered by November, 1917, after a long series of experiments, and a considerable number were in an advanced stage of construction by the end of the year.

for Occurrences 10%

When it was at length determined that that constructive effort should be made, the plan was thought out and embodied in a law regulating the construction for a number of years of a fleet of predetermined size and composition to be used for a purpose defined in the law itself.

at Occurrences 8%

A large number (some 30 to 40) of these boats were under construction at the time of the Armistice, but very few had been completed.

than Occurrences 8%

The Germans had always built their small craft rapidly, although their heavy ships were longer in construction than our own.

under Occurrences 4%

MERCANTILE SHIPBUILDING A greatly increased output of merchant ships had been anticipated under the new organization, which placed mercantile construction under the Admiralty Controller instead of under the Ministry of Shipping.

above Occurrences 2%

I have thus answered the several questions proposed on the bill before me; and though I have been necessarily obliged to examine the subject with much haste, I have no other doubts as to the soundness of the construction above given than such as belong to discussions of this nature and to a proper sense of the fallibility of human judgment.

against Occurrences 2%

Mention was made of the fact that the enemy was still producing submarines faster than the Allies were destroying them; the policy of coping with submarines after they reached the open sea had not as yet been sufficiently effective to balance construction against losses, even in combination with the extensive minefields laid in the Heligoland Bight.

along Occurrences 2%

But yesterday, in travelling from Corsoer to Copenhagen, the Chief Director of the Railroads told me, upon my asking if the Telegraph was yet in operation in Denmark, that it was and was in process of construction along this road.

during Occurrences 2%

At the latter date came the supreme opportunity of his life, and his services in the art of naval construction during the remainder of the Civil War, which was then in progress, are a part of the history of that great struggle.

en Occurrences 2%

BÂTIMENT, m., construction en maçonnerie; navire, bateau.

like Occurrences 2%

I should possibly have used some construction like yours, but the Government had not then a single iron vessel, and did not seem disposed to urge the enquiry.

without Occurrences 1%

Thus those directly interested in the improvement may lay a tonnage duty for its construction without imposing a tax for this purpose upon all the people of the United States.

due Occurrences 1%

And unnecessary dirt is found even in the newer apartment-houses with the ever-changing population and ever-lessening space for maids' quarters, together with the sham character of construction due to the fact that most of these houses have been put up by speculators at the lowest cost of the cheapest materials which will show wear in a few months.

beyond Occurrences 1%

It was, it is presumed, to place this construction beyond all question that the Senate superadded the words "without restriction" to the religious guaranty contained in the corresponding article of the Louisiana treaty.

between Occurrences 1%

I call it the old town, to distinguish it from the quarter composed of streets of recent construction between the former enceinte of the town and the Brandenburger Thor.

beneath Occurrences 1%

His voice was coarse, his accent was hideous, and his grammatical construction beneath contempt; but I forgave him all when I gathered the import of his message.

before Occurrences 1%

And lastly, if hydraulic mortar be used, a sufficient time should elapse after construction before being subjected to strain, or in other words, before water is allowed to rise in the reservoir.

after Occurrences 1%

It is because this word cannot have any regular construction after the participle when the possessive case precedes, that I deny his first proposition, and declare the sentence not "to be correct English."

Which preposition to use with  construction