| 词汇 | example_english_dry-rot |
| 释义 | Examples of dry rotThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. This dryrot also fitted into the continuum mentioned above. But alas, jargon creeps like dryrot from the foundations of a definition into its very heart. The other serious and disturbing element in second-hand houses, apart from settlement or subsidence, is dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was evident that certain repairs of a fairly large order would be required, dealing mostly with dryrot and that sort of thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is for eradicating dryrot, repairing the roof, the stonework, and so forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The purchaser offered £71,500, later reducing that to £60,000 because the property was already showing signs of damp and dryrot, having been unoccupied for nine months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One property is riddled with dryrot and the front bay has already collapsed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dryrot must be eradicated immediately to prevent it growing through the building and affecting other flats and possibly neighbouring properties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a well-known fact that the spores of dryrot spread through the air and contaminate other healthy dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have dreamed up the roof of a memorial hall in a hamlet which is suddenly dissolved with dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dryrot is no worse this week than it was last week, but it ought to have been treated last week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His propeller had the dryrot, and he lost his life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no claim for dryrot repairs but treatment is being carried out at a probable cost of about £15,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that dryrot is both inconvenient and expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The firm also found that the city council report spoke about areas of wet rot or dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has many problems to contend with—dryrot, and other difficulties—but we are glad to see him here, looking reasonably cheerful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, inflation is the most virulent form of dryrot attacking the fabric of our great buildings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to problems such as dryrot and other things that spread rapidly in houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The windows and porches are full of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have at times also been dryrot and beetle in the floors and roofs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An average householder here has spent £22 trying to repair dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are ways and means of obtaining a fair idea of whether dryrot exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The layman thinks that a house with dryrot is improved by removing the dryrot; but common sense is not part of the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, does he fully appreciate that the effects of this dryrot in boats may cost many thousands of pounds' worth of repairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The building was extended and repairs were necessary owing to damage by death watch beetle and dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Private occupiers are bound to be frightened if the roof is in disrepair or if dryrot develops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An example is the work that ensued when builders came to my house to carry out a conversion and discovered dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dryrot has gone; the roofing is properly repaired; the releading has been done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the present season the seed has shown high susceptibility to dryrot and there have been many crop failures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A little speed in getting decisions in these matters would be able to reduce to a very great extent the damage by dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not necessarily think that it would apply to dryrot infesting land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, if one got in under this system one would be repairing one's neighbour's land and possibly removing quite significant amounts of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had the dryrot in my property repaired, which affected four other tenants who had bought flats within the property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An access order could not be obtained just to clear up dryrot on a neighbour's land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The empty flat had extremely bad dryrot, but apparently the freeholder had run out of money and could not carry out the repairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A defective air vent will almost certainly lead to that ubiquitous and horribly expensive distemper, dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One wing has been burnt out, there have been major problems with dryrot and the public has not been admitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important that owners who take off one slate from a roof and allow dryrot to destroy the building should be curbed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If someone has dryrot in his house, he gets rid of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many hard-luck stories, but when he is hit below the belt by dryrot, the owner-occupier has to stand the racket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quality education cannot be provided when many schools have leaking roofs, rising damp and dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dryrot of depopulation is spreading through the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps the report of the surveyor is that there is dryrot in the house and the drains seems to be defective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The estimated cost of replacing the stucco, hiring the scaffolding and dealing with dryrot is about £15,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, one owner has a party wall and finds that it harbours dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it so happens that in those three years over £1,000 was spent on dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Work on the eradication of dryrot, which is now nearly finished, has accounted for about half this expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is clear to me that dryrot fungus is one thing which needs one kind of treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of my constituents tell me that their roof is falling in or that they have discovered dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we find dryrot or anything we do not know is there, that would not rank for private contribution; anything else would. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The landlords of the house next door have so far refused to repair the dryrot in that adjacent property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is often the legacy of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These leaflets, which are issued free, describe in clear language the symptoms of dryrot and of the several insect pests of timbers in buildings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result was that the dryrot had run right through the house in a very short time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was found afterwards that with great speed dryrot had spread right to the top of that three-story house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most insurance companies will not give any protection against dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He inspects the window and probably the rest of the flat, thereby finding many more defects, including perhaps damp or dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think, finally, that when it becomes a question between living it down or covering it up, the latter can lead to dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Distrust is like dryrot: it continues to spread unless and until it is exposed to sunlight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In another property there has been an outbreak of dryrot in the ground floor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That meant dealing with dryrot, installing damp-proof courses, putting on new roofs and restoring the fine architectural features at a substantial cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is only one building which is suffering from dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is rather like dryrot, eating away at the fabric of a house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty is to differentiate between dryrot elimination and other repairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had over and over again the well-worn case of the hole in the roof and the dryrot which may follow from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to applications for work to be done to deal with dryrot and other similarly urgent work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result was that dryrot was affecting the other flats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that taxation is the dryrot in the fabric of the heritage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like dryrot spreading throughout the edifice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of the college has been closed because of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course not only dryrot would be covered by the amendment; there might be other types of problem as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among other cases that came to my attention was a house which, three or four years after completion, was found to contain very rampant dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot guarantee that there is no dryrot, but the surveyor makes a very gallant attempt to find out if there are any defects such as this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If these houses are allowed to decay, by reason of dryrot and damp, and to fall down, we shall lose a very beautiful national possession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say honestly and frankly that she has decimated faith and hope inside the educational system, into which the dryrot of educational administration is eating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often the building society will be good enough to say that it has noticed defects, a little dryrot here perhaps, which it would want eliminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not know-that surveyors will not give any guarantee about things like dryrot and that such risks have to be taken by anyone who buys a second-hand house? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those circumstances, is not some further encouragement, or possibly compulsion, necessary, to use material which is both non-flammable and which prevents wet or dryrot setting in? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, expenditure of approximately £200 was incurred in redecoration already due and in the eradication of dryrot in the floor of this room and of the adjoining corridors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By far the greatest has been in the removal of dryrot, and the second largest has been in structural work to roofs and main walls and work like under-pinning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know where this fracture treatment has progressed, or whether there is still dry rot in the departmental handling of this pressing need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, once one looks behind that facade, one soon comes across the dryrot, the hypocrisy, the serious errors and—worse than that—the attempts to cover up those errors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A man could not sue a surveyor who had given a clean bill of health for a house which was thereafter found to be full of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great temptation for any occupier to neglect dryrot and to pretend not to notice it, because the treatment means such great hardship on the occupier himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every endeavour is thus being made to bring information on the prevention and cure of dryrot and insect attack to the attention of builders, architects, housing authorities and householders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the attack by fungus, which is mainly the dryrot fungus, and there is the attack by insects, generally beetles or the so-called worm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a dryrot problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only can delay be important in the case of dryrot, for example, but it is a pity that the matter is not left entirely to local initiative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In dealing with secondhand houses the great difficulty is that there is not inspection—in the sense that very thorough and expensive inspection would not reveal things like dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak of that from experience, because in the early days of my marriage we lived in a tenemental flat which suffered a slight attack of dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem with which we are here concerned is that of the small house which requires the removal of dryrot, re-pointing or repair of some kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there really is a difference between flood, fire and storm on the one hand and damage by dryrot or wet rot or structural decay on the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was, of course, dryrot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A dryrot occurs and secondary rots may move in. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The church was closed for two years from 1951 for structural renovation made necessary by dryrot and war damage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dryrot and windstorms eventually claimed all the empty structures on the site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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