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"Partly because of community pressure, the Army Corps is now very focused on non-structural forms of flood protection in the wetlands, along with structural forms--such as levees and flood walls," Allen said.
Susan Buchanan: Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion Susan Buchanan 2011
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He intentionally leaves structural and non-structural elements of the ceiling's hollow tetrahedrons immediately visible.
Alla Kazovsky: Engage Your Thoughts to 'Live-by-Design' Alla Kazovsky 2010
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Now, to add a caveat, it might seem like in the last paragraph Fr Gagliardi were suggesting that we should not celebrate Mass ad orientem in the traditional sense, nor even make minor, non-structural re-arrangements.
Mauro Gagliardi on the Centrality of the Crucified Christ in the Liturgical Celebration 2009
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"Partly because of community pressure, the Army Corps is now very focused on non-structural forms of flood protection in the wetlands, along with structural forms--such as levees and flood walls," Allen said.
Susan Buchanan: Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion Susan Buchanan 2011
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It was established days after the new government took office in order to consider "structural and related non-structural reforms to the U.K. banking sector to promote financial stability and competition."
We're Losing All the Fun of Budget Day Paul Hannon 2011
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The 154-foot orange fuel tank needed modifications after the 2003 Columbia disaster and repairs after sustaining non-structural damage during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Regular 203 (k) s are for properties that need structural repairs; streamlined are for those that need only non-structural repairs.
The FHA 203(k) Loan: A Home Repair Loan And Mortgage All In One 2010
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Popular belief has it that the castillos and dalas (vertical and horizontal reinforced concrete elements) form a load-bearing frame, and the bricks are therefore merely non-structural infill.
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Popular belief has it that the castillos and dalas (vertical and horizontal reinforced concrete elements) form a load-bearing frame, and the bricks are therefore merely non-structural infill.
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Regular 203 (k) s are for properties that need structural repairs; streamlined are for those that need only non-structural repairs.
The FHA 203(k) Loan: A Home Repair Loan And Mortgage All In One 2010
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