QUOTES WITH «DRAUGHTIEST»
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draughtiest.
Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and sunshine. It reeks with the odours of generations of bad ventilation, and it contrives to be at once the stuffiest and the draughtiest building I have ever been in.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAUGHTIEST»
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draughtiest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: An Oxford Gazetteer of ...
From Penzance station, once described in a local paper as 'a large dog's house of the nastiest and draughtiest kind' to Thurso, famous for housing Britain's most northern train station, Britain's Historic Railway Buildings takes the reader ...
Suppose he approached his flat with an eye open for trouble? Then he might
have seen he was walking into a trap, and sheered off. Else why should he get
out on Westminster Bridge, the draughtiest place in London?” “Well, where's his
flat?
Martin Tanner, Rupert Penny, 2009
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Folens Dictionary: Combined Dictionary and Thesaurus
draughty adjective draughtier. draughtiest If a room or a place is draughty, you
can feel air blowing through it. draw verb draws, drawing, drew, drawn 1 To draw
means to make a picture or diagram with a pen or pencils: drazv a picture; draw a
...
Steve & Patricia Harrison, 1999
“Oh, Frederic,” she said. “Can't you do something, say something that will relieve
my father's sorrow?” “I will try, dear Mabel,” said Frederic. “But why does he sit,
night after night, on the most uncomfortable stone in the draughtiest part of this ...
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Ralph, the bailiff, and other tales. by the author of 'Lady ...
Arden is one of the dreariest, draughtiest, most dilapidated old piles of building in
all England. It possesses all the leading features of a country mansion;
magnificent oak panelling, contemptible servants' offices ; three secret staircases,
and ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1866
'comfort' of his son's cottage which received a very black scowl from Caitlin who
had slept on what she believed to be the hardest bed in Fermanagh next to the
biggest and draughtiest hole in the cottage walls. Then he cut to the chase and ...
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The Fortunes of Cyril Denham
... and warming his slippers on cold winter nights, and being content herself with
the veriest scraps and the draughtiest corner, and counting as her highest
pleasure a day at Richmond, a walk in the Park, or half-price at the theatre—with
him of ...
... that he had died while still young,' of an inflammatory cold, which she should
always say had been caught in the cathedral. “The very dampest, draughtiest,
most neglected cathedral in the kingdom,” she averred. “But after yesterday,
Canon, ...
So by Pagan or Christian, foi long, long centuries, has Christmas time been a
time of rejoicing in merry England, from the days that we lived in Stonehenge —
that draughtiest building in the world, as my friend Butt calls it — to the present
hour, ...
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The Common Lawyers of Pre-Reformation England: Thomas ...
In the hall proper, common pleas had the draughtiest position, against the
western wall towards the northern end; king's bench filled the south-eastern and
chancery the south-western half of the dais at the upper end of the hall. Each
court was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAUGHTIEST»
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draughtiest is used in the context of the following news items.
Top British firms call on PM to act on delivering the green economy
Robert Lambe, Managing Director, Willmott Dixon said: “The UK has the coldest, draughtiest homes in Europe, responsible for over a quarter of ... «Click Green, Jun 15»
Tenth 'find fuel bills a struggle'
... which meets decent standards of energy efficiency, graded A-C on a scale that runs down to a G grade for the coldest, draughtiest properties. «Your Local Guardian, May 15»
Warm me up, doc! GPs to advise energy efficiency for fuel poor
“We now have a legally binding commitment to plug our draughtiest houses – adding to the one million homes we've made warmer and ... «Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy, Mar 15»
Landlords should not be the scapegoats for uninventive politicians
... compulsory Energy Performance Certificates, and the current government wants to ban rental of the draughtiest homes from 2018. Landlords ... «CITY A.M., Feb 15»
Landlords to be banned from letting draughtiest homes
House heating thermal image Landlords with properties rated F and G will be unable to let them out from 1 April 2018. Photograph: Alamy. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Memories of Lever Old Hall
Tom and Sarah would live there with their three daughters, Joan,Marion and Frank's mother, Edith, who told him the hall “was the draughtiest ... «The Bolton News, Oct 14»
Beyond the Round Table: celebrating the underdogs of Camelot
... disgraced and demoted, is of their company and his table is, as Marie Phillips's novel explains, “to be found in the draughtiest corner, furthest ... «New Statesman, Sep 14»
Make 'cold and draughty' UK homes energy efficient, new coalition …
... in an open letter to Lord Deighton, commercial secretary of the Treasury, that UK homes are among the “coldest and draughtiest in Europe”. «Blue & Green Tomorrow, Jun 14»
Industry calls for massive retrofit programme
... warn that the UK's homes are among the “coldest and draughtiest in Europe”, which results in high energy bills and “one of the worst records ... «Building.co.uk, Jun 14»
Bolster energy efficiency schemes in Autumn Statement, Chancellor …
"We are urging the Government not to water down the ECO scheme for the sake of the 15 million people living in the coldest, draughtiest solid ... «Business Green, Nov 13»
