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- noun Plural form of
blue-print .
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Examples
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But this brings up the next question: How do we compare the labor of me, an humble brick-maker, with that of, for example, the architect who created the blue-prints for these townhouses my bricks will be used on?
skzbrust: Capital Volume 1 Part 1 Chapter 1 Section 1 Post 4 skzbrust 2010
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But this brings up the next question: How do we compare the labor of me, an humble brick-maker, with that of, for example, the architect who created the blue-prints for these townhouses my bricks will be used on?
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2010
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Hell's Kitchen is singing back the mayor's shopping-and-football mall and Brooklyn harmonizes behind the solo arias of Jane Jacobs, as the 16 high-rises of the Atlantic Yards are stuck in their blue-prints.
Reverend Billy: The Singing Manifesto (Dedicated to Joan Baez) 2009
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At this point he reached down in one of his pockets and drew forth astutely drafted maps and blue-prints, especially prepared for this occasion.
The Titan 2004
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In this respect, the Treasury is embarking on management audits of selected, key government facilities with the intention of using these as blue-prints for the creation of cost-effective, efficient facilities that will deliver an adequate and appropriate service to those most in need.
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If, for instance, a few prototypes are financed along with the provision of design blue-prints, this may result in sufficient buildup of capability, which could a manufacturer make self-supporting without having to bear the initial risk.
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The Prime Minister will have to stop his musings, and political leaders generally will have to find more constructive ways of advertising our creativity than drafting national "blue-prints" every six months.
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Bunting drafted blue-prints for the coming revolution.
Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 10 Ray Esther 1969
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In the brief case reposed blue-prints for a revolutionary airplane.
The HurricaneStory Gallico, Paul 1959
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If we don't find that, we don't find those blue-prints - and if we don't find them, we might as well go into the poor-house for the rest of our lives.
Five On A Secret Trail Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1956
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