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  • noun Plural form of blue-print.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • 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.

    1. POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS 1985

  • 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.

    Prescriptions for Post-Control Canada 1978

  • Bunting drafted blue-prints for the coming revolution.

    Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 10 Ray Esther 1969

  • In the brief case reposed blue-prints for a revolutionary airplane.

    The HurricaneStory Gallico, Paul 1959

  • 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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