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superstructure - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • society: Along his work, he saw the state as part of the superstructure of exploitative societies.
  • building: The key element of innovation related to the concrete frame superstructure of the buildings.
  • vessel: After almost 100 years the superstructure of the vessel was found to be in surprisingly good condition.

Possessives

  • ship: Wakefield, N.H. , Newman, S.J. and Wilson, P.A. ( 2002 ) Helicopter flight around a ship's superstructure.

Converse of object

  • build: In addition piles were driven for a temporary working platform to support a tower crane for Dean & Dyball to build the superstructure.
  • support: The piers, of which there were 181 single and 12 double, supporting the superstructure, were formed from five cast iron columns.
  • have: We already had the existing oak superstructure to work with.
  • erect: He was probably worried that at Corinth people were erecting a rather inferior superstructure on his sound foundation.
  • carry: Eight double posts carry a superstructure around the hearth.
  • make: Axial hypertexts might, as mentioned, make such superstructures clear.

Adjective modifier

  • ideological: Marx distinguishes between the economic base of society and its political, legal and ideological superstructure.
  • wooden: Two views of the wooden superstructure of the new box arising from the old pit.
  • political: Why does the economic " base " of a society affect its political superstructure?
  • entire: With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is more or less rapidly transformed.
  • whole: The crisis was one of the whole political superstructure.
  • social: Employment can be stimulated by public investment in industry, the social superstructure and the social services.

Noun used with modifier

  • timber: The concrete piers for the vanished timber superstructure can be seen clearly in the water.
  • bridge: The bridge superstructure has received a dark blue band at window level.
  • steel: Complete new steel superstructure of superb workmanship, & internal refit of this historic boat built by Harris brothers in the 1960's.
  • deck: The boat is equipped with suction apparatus for marine salvage work and the electrical gear includes two searchlights on the deck superstructure.

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