Example sentences of "demolished to make [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church took its name from that of an older church a little way off that was demolished to make way for the ramparts of the Porta Romana in 1532 . |
| 2 | This had to be demolished to make way for the new library complex and it was impossible to find alternative accommodation for all the books stored there . |
| 3 | The value of Newcastle 's shipping industry in the nineteenth century made it necessary for large ships to pass up the river , and the low stone bridge of 1771 was demolished to make way for the Swing Bridge built by Armstrongs , and at that time the largest of its kind in the world . |
| 4 | The State Paper Office was architecturally the most interesting building to be demolished to make way for the present Foreign Office . |
| 5 | As early as 1914 , arrangements for building new sick wards , that is , a workhouse infirmary , had been progressing , and in October , some sheds which had been used for wood chopping and storage were demolished to make way for the building of the new sick pavilions . |
| 6 | How water was raised from the well can only be speculated but close to this spot stood an old Elizabethan house , which was demolished to make way for the flats . |
| 7 | An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall , thus providing an approximate date for its construction . |
| 8 | A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her , Isabel vaguely recalled hearing . |
| 9 | Once the first block is empty it will be demolished to make way for the second phase of house building , where the whole process of relocating and building is repeated . |
| 10 | The club closed in the late Sixties and was later demolished to make way for the shopping centre Eldon Gardens . |
| 11 | The company was forced to close its Redcar and Stockton shops and the Middlesbrough branches were demolished to make way for the Cleveland Centre . |
| 12 | The property , which Dockbuild bought in 1989 , was due to be demolished to make way for the fifth stage of the inner ring road . |