Below you will find example sentences with "building collapse". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Building Collapse in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: collapse
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.3 words

Words in this phrase

building collapse

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • building can mean: The act or process by which something is built; construction. Common word
  • collapse can mean: To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a building collapse in alaska 1× a partial building collapse in brooklyn 1× an earthquake building collapse or cliff 1× atebije added building collapse has been 1× avoidable george building collapse 1× committee on building collapse to develop 1× corruption for building collapse 1× incidences of building collapse in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a building collapse 1× although the earthquake 1× are there regulatory 1× atebije added building 1× bipi said the 1× cairo s governate 1×

Common sentence endings:

in the country 2× an explosion inside 1× and identify culprits 1× collapse in brooklyn 1× degrees of injuries 1× design and others 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

country 3× partial 2× two 2× others 2× firefighters 2× earthquake 2× last 2× years 2× incidents 2× rescue 2× look 2× brooklyndan 1×

Related phrases

apartment building capitol building residential building building blocks terminal building collapsed building building permit building solutions temple building economic collapse

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around collapse:

economic collapse 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

building blocks build relationships build program buffalo bills budget proposal budget deficit

Just after it in the phrase index:

building permit building solutions bull riding bullet holes burden countries bureau chief

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

building blocks building permit building solutions

Same ending:

economic collapse

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "building collapse" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a building collapse in alaska, a partial building collapse in brooklyn, country, partial and two stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with apartment building, capitol building, residential building and economic collapse, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with building collapse

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Kenyan Parliament Member Blames Corruption For Building Collapse. (8 words)

N400 Million Onitsha Building Collapse; Building Plan Had No Approval. (10 words)

According to him, other factors responsible for building collapse include poor structural design, and others. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, has strongly criticised the Western Cape government, accusing them of enabling a form of modern-day slavery in the province, and blaming them for the ‘avoidable’ George building collapse. (38 words)

Bipi said the taskforce would monitor all development sites in the state to ensure that developers strictly comply with the building laws and regulations of the state to prevent further building collapse. (32 words)

A building collapse in Alaska evening killed one person and briefly trapped two others, including a victim who communicated with firefighters before being freed and transported to a hospital, officials said. (31 words)

Question examples

Are there regulatory measures that you think are not being taken to reduce the risk of a building collapse in the rainy season? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

Partial Building Collapse In BrooklynDan Rice in Chopper 2 is over the scene of a partial building collapse in Brooklyn.

Bipi said the taskforce would monitor all development sites in the state to ensure that developers strictly comply with the building laws and regulations of the state to prevent further building collapse.

N400 Million Onitsha Building Collapse; Building Plan Had No Approval.

He said that there was an ongoing collaboration with all the professional bodies in the building industry, seeking for permanent solutions to building collapse in the country.

A building collapse in Alaska evening killed one person and briefly trapped two others, including a victim who communicated with firefighters before being freed and transported to a hospital, officials said.

According to him, other factors responsible for building collapse include poor structural design, and others.

Although the earthquake was felt as far away as Lebanon, closer to home, northern Syria’s Aleppo and Idlib also reportedly saw thousands of building collapse, including two hospitals.

Are there regulatory measures that you think are not being taken to reduce the risk of a building collapse in the rainy season?

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Atebije added, “Building collapse has been the outcome of lack of value for human life.

Cairo’s governate said in a statement that the building collapse occurred in the Hadaeq el-Qubbah neighborhood, roughly 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from the city center.

In the last 10 years alone, Lagos State has recorded 115 incidents of building collapse within the last 10 years.

Kenyan Parliament Member Blames Corruption For Building Collapse.

Rescue workers look for victims among the debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil on July 7, 2023.

The building collapse also left four other people hospitalised after they sustained various degrees of injuries.

The San Diego search-and-rescue pup is trained to look for survivors after an earthquake, building collapse or cliff failure — missions that may require an airlift.

Dangiwa charged the ministry’s committee on building collapse to develop a checklist of professionals involved in the construction process to ease investigation and identify culprits.

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, has strongly criticised the Western Cape government, accusing them of enabling a form of modern-day slavery in the province, and blaming them for the ‘avoidable’ George building collapse.

Firefighters were called to the building collapse in Eastern Avenue, West Thurrock, in the early hours of this morning following an explosion inside.

He also drew the attention of council to the incessant incidences of building collapse in the country.

He said from the available records on building collapse incidents across the country, no one had been sanctioned for negligence.

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