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Examples
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It's like the last time I tried to have a barn-raising.
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Wilko chiselled and hammered away behind the scenes like Harrison Ford in the barn-raising scene in Witness until he had constructed something so modern and impressive that the chief executive of the FA, Adam Crozier, went so far as to announce that it would help England win the 2006 World Cup.
Dressingroomistas v Structuralists: football's perennial problem 2011
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But it's actually an impressive piece of ongoing barn-raising, dating back to the mid-1950s and entirely supported by donations and volunteer effort.
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Groups can be great—for dodgeball, dinner, barn-raising.
The Dead-End Cult of 'Burning Man' Holly Finn 2011
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The putting together of the artwork seems not unlike a barn-raising, demanding the same cooperation and, when the fence is secure and rippling in the breeze, evoking the same giddiness and pride.
A California Dream Come True Richard B. Woodward 2010
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The putting together of the artwork seems not unlike a barn-raising, demanding the same cooperation and, when the fence is secure and rippling in the breeze, evoking the same giddiness and pride.
A California Dream Come True Richard B. Woodward 2010
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(Then there's the whole artisanal crowd that appears to be dressing for a 19th century barn-raising, but that's another story.)
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The putting together of the artwork seems not unlike a barn-raising, demanding the same cooperation and, when the fence is secure and rippling in the breeze, evoking the same giddiness and pride.
A California Dream Come True Richard B. Woodward 2010
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The house and the barn-raising method by which it is built serve as an apt visual metaphor for the manufactured domesticity, anti-individualist politics and building of false hope that pervade this opera.
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The house (and its “barn-raising” construction) serves as an apt visual metaphor for the manufactured domesticity, anti-individualist politics and building of false hope that pervade this opera.
On DVD: Lohengrin 2010
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