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London had drainage ditches dug and cement pipes installed and back-filled with sand.
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Their place may not be back-filled at all, and if it is, the replacement will certainly have less experience.
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A couple of mistakes were made at various stages of construction, one of which was that the ground around the foundation was back-filled without any masonry pedestals having been built to support the stone facing for the piers.
Archive 2008-04-01 Will 2008
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A couple of mistakes were made at various stages of construction, one of which was that the ground around the foundation was back-filled without any masonry pedestals having been built to support the stone facing for the piers.
Spring finally, looking for a god, getting stoned, returning to high school, and an island for Lewis Will 2008
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But since he's being back-filled by Odierno, with the experience that General Petraeus has for the region, with a grand commander, great move.
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They had an unofficial policy that people who needed replacements brought them in, swapped them out with the ones waiting, and back-filled with the replacements that came it.
Flights of electrons sing me to my sleep... edgreen86 2006
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As noted in the previous excavations in the workshops on the eastern slope of the Potters 'Quarter, the kilns were thoroughly cleaned and intentionally back-filled in order to prevent any type of further use.
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To stop exposure of the containers to the elements, cut-off walls had been built inside the trenches and the area was back-filled and capped.
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A partially buried filter will require less excavation work and provide support to the sidewalls by the back-filled soil.
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The cable ditch will be back-filled by 30 cm thick layers of soil.
3. Laying of underground cables Werner Boschitsch 1991
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