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  • Battens and cross pieces mean that we've been able to build a nice big set of shelves that happily go around the corner.

    Tsumami relief donations ramtops 2004

  • Battens may also be made from lengths of split bamboo.

    Chapter 5 1997

  • Battens: The setting of battens is the most important part of MCR roofing on which the proper laying of the tiles and water-tightness depend.

    Chapter 12 1997

  • Battens: The spacing of the battens for MCR tiles is 40 cm.

    Chapter 12 1997

  • Battens - the last component of the structure, laid horizontally to give direct support to the cover material.

    4. Roof structure 1993

  • He was preceded by Half a Dozen Servants, who carried large Battens in their right Feet, and made no Ceremony of knocking any on the Head who came in their Way.

    A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt

  • I had it from Mr.. Mitts's lips in a very confidential moment, that Mr. Battens was once 'had up before the gentlemen' to stand or fall by his accusations, and that an old shoe was thrown after him on his departure from the building on this dread errand; -

    The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841

  • Why, it was one of 'em, and with such black eyes and jewels on her neck, and Battens and ermine like

    The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault club, finding work with a surveying company and fundraising for children with the rare, degenerative Battens Disease had been his saviour.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • ClinicalTrials. gov lists ongoing recruitment for Battens.

    unknown title 2009

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