Вопрос № 800592 - Английский язык

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It is a well-known fact that every building needs permanent stability. In order to have stability, buildings should have foundations. We know that the function of a foundation is to transfer the loads of a building into the soil. Foundations keep the walls and the floors of buildings from direct contact with the soil. They guard the walls and the floors against the action of the weather – rain, snow, and wind. Foundations keep the walls and the floors of buildings from direct contact with the soil. They also guard buildings against sinking that may cause cracks in the walls. Foundation design is very special. It may be both rather complex and very simple. It is a common practice that for very small buildings foundation design is usually much simpler than for large ones.

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It is a well-known fact that every building needs permanent stability. In order to have stability, buildings should have foundations. We know that the function of a foundation is to transfer the loads of a building into the soil. Foundations keep the walls and the floors of buildings from direct contact with the soil. They guard the walls and the floors against the action of the weather – rain, snow and wind. They also guard buildings against sinking that may cause cracks in the walls. Foundation design is very special. It may be both rather complex or very simple.
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Timber belongs to one of the oldest building materials. 1 _______. Timber has always been highly usable in construction because of its many advantages. 2 _______. Its other advantage is that it belongs to natural resources and is naturally renewable. 3 _______. Besides, timber is resistant to corrosion produced by chemical substances in the modern polluted atmosphere. 4 _______.

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2 _______. It is mainly used for decorative and sanitary purposes.
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