Sentences with phrase «canal houses into»

One of Amsterdam's most famous hotels incorporated 25 canal houses into one swanky and unique hotel that now is part of Preferred Hotels & Resorts — full story»

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Lee widened roads, dug canals, cleared slums, erected high - quality public housing estates, herded the satay and chicken - rice vendors cluttering the sidewalks into spacious food courts, cleaned up rivers, planted trees and zealously fined citizens, especially the superstitious who believed in ejecting the «evil spirits» lurking in one's throat, who splattered Singapore's roads with spit.
In such books, as you will recall, a gritty northerner puts in a solid day's work of stealing food from his grandmother, torturing his father - in - law, beating up his wife, and throwing any passing children into the infested canal, only to return home to find the neighbour has ransacked his house and drunk his alcohol.
The Navy agreed to house the animals in enclosures when they are not patrolling, which will prevent their waste from seeping into Hood Canal, and if temperatures drop below 52 degrees the dolphins» enclosure will automatically be heated, according to the environmental impact statement report.
He subsequently branched out into banking, property (he developed Grangemouth in 1777) and was a major backer of the Forth and Clyde Canal which happened to run through his estate, centered on Kerse House, [2] near Falkirk.
It used to be a pub serving canal workers, and it was converted into a house in 1967.
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