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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
July 01, 2008

Renovate

renovate (verb) - repair and decorate an old building or house so that it is in good condition again

renovate a house
renovate old houses
renovate a building
renovate the 100-year old building
renovate residences

renovate and redecorate
a loan to renovate
renovate run-down housesrenovate a cottage
renovate an old temple
renovation historic buildings
renovate and restore historic buildings

bought the property out of love and promptly set about to renovate it

a charitable trust to renovate the gasworks and establish a gas museum
renovate machinery to improve productivity and quality
find a grand old house to renovate
renovate leaking pipes, cracks, fractures and holes

extend, update, renovate and generally overhaul your home
renovate derelict inner city sites

overdue renovation work
considerable renovation work
considerable and overdue renovation work on important museums
machine was shut down for renovation

extensively renovate
renovate completely
newly renovated

extensive renovation
complete renovation
in need of renovation
undergo renovation
carry out renovation
full-scale renovation

renovate deteriorating buildings
undergoing major renovation
shop has undergone extensive renovation and structural work

renovation work
renovation work completed
striking aspects of the renovation
phases of the renovation project
embark upon renovation

builders looking for cheap properties to renovate
buy up sound but somewhat shabby family-owned hotels as and when opportunity offers, and to renovate them

economic renovation of the country


Example sentences:

* Now is the time to extend, update, renovate and generally overhaul your home.

* As well as developing out-of-town stores, we also renovate derelict inner city sites, sometimes preserving buildings of architectural interest.

* The Government has announced plans for local housing authorities to compete against each other for part of the money they need to renovate their housing stock.

* There are always builders looking for cheap properties to renovate.

* Central Chidlom underwent extensive renovations and was soon Thailand's most upscale department store.

* After Gaysorn Plaza finished its renovations in 2002, Siam Center followed suit, while Central has recently completed its renovation of the World Trade Center into CentralWorld.

* Soon thereafter the machine was shut down for renovation and the experiments ended.

* There has been considerable and overdue renovation work on important museums such as Grenoble, Orleans, Amiens, Rouen and Nantes.

* Lille is currently undergoing major renovation, creating an ideal opportunity for its works to be better known outside its native country.

* The shop has undergone extensive renovation and structural work.

* One of the most striking aspects of the renovation was the clock tower, which was cleaned and repainted.

* Eight properties have been completed as part of the first renovation phase.

* The organisation agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust's expenses, less the value of grants obtained.

* His policy has been to buy up sound but somewhat shabby family-owned hotels as and when opportunity offers, and to renovate them to an extent consistent with the company's image of old-fashioned comfort.

* We will also improve fencing and drainage, extend the water supply and renovate buildings.

* The Gasworks Preservation Society was formed as a charitable trust to renovate the gasworks and establish a gas museum.

* Steel and textiles are examples, though the government would reply that it is good marketing policy to renovate machinery to improve productivity and quality.

* Finding a grand old house to renovate is an ambition cherished by thousands.

* It can be used to renovate leaking pipes, cracks, fractures and holes and can also remove ingrowing roots and calcium build up.

* It took the form of contracts for three firms to renovate residences belonging to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the state corporation responsible for public-owned housing.

* Local authorities claim that investment is needed not only to build new homes and replace dilapidated housing, but also to renovate deteriorating buildings, and thus improve the existing housing stock.

* No windows no doors no nothing er you know, completely gutted it to make it all, to renovate it and then ran out of money and then it just stood there completely empty.

* Two years later he bought the property out of love from Verger for 280,000, and promptly set about a 3 million renovation that included a new restaurant, spacious kitchens employing 19 staff and 10 luxury bedroom suites affiliated to Relais et Chateaux.


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