Many mosque opponents tried to draw a similarity between the Manhattan debacle and what they described as erecting a WWII Japanese memorial in Pearl Harbor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hussain Abdul-Hussain: The Case for the Mosque, Mohammed Cartoons, And Freedom...] Reference

After long and exacting toil he had succeeded in erecting a splendid place of worship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkest America and the Way Out] Reference

An erector is a building contracting firm that specializes in erecting steel framed buildings; usually high rise buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steel & Glass House Practical?] Reference

Gilmore had succeeded in erecting a heavy battery of siege-guns, each weighing twenty tons, within 1000 yards of Fort Wagner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference

We have estimated that in erecting the eighty-eight sets of buildings it will give employment for 200 men for at least three months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Canada Remain British] Reference

Whether or not private business and state government should be allowed to collaborate in erecting an apartheid social system is not a big deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Sharon Statement] Reference

The near-perfect between these two quacks of the “left” and “right” in erecting their straw men to diss Obama is remarkable. brucds Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Chait on Krauthammer] Reference

“I am not interested in erecting a building,” he once wrote, “but in … presenting to myself the foundations of all possible buildings.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vitro Nasu » 2009 » May] Reference

I could not but be sensible that my existence was spared solely because of my diligence in erecting the pyramid and so doubling the stature of the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference

I feel it incumbent upon me as a duty, & if it be not disagreable to you, Sir, I shall take a melancholy pleasure in erecting this monument to his memory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter 155] Reference

On this occasion the notion of erecting it in S. Peter's was finally abandoned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti] Reference

I was with Khrushchev when the idea of erecting the Berlin Wall germinated in his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Père Masse were discovered, and with whom originated the idea of erecting this monument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present] Reference

The legate conceived the idea of erecting Ceylon into a diocese with Father Vaz as first bishop, but the latter dissuaded him from this.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference

At once the idea of erecting a public monument to Margaret in the city arose spontaneously and in two years it was unveiled, 9 July, 1884.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference

Mayor Meng Foon came up with the idea of erecting full-sized bronze statues of the Footrot Flats characters around the city's streets, parks and beaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

Having in 1575 conceived the notion of erecting a building specially designed for dramatic entertainments, he was at once confronted with the problem of a suitable location.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration] Reference

But the inconvenience attending this mode of worship gradually suggested the idea of erecting edifices which would afford means of shelter from the inclemency of the weather.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference

Some was used for other purposes such as erecting a special gate at Vlakplaas.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Several steps had been taken, such as erecting electric fences around prisons and suspending corrupt officials.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Sculpture is usually about "erecting" an object, about raising something up, he says, "but I'm making foundations.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Steinhilber retrospective: Escaping definitions] Reference

"However, the idea of erecting, effectively, a 33-story building next to your home may not be appropriate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bellingham Herald: Sports News] Reference

Then, some nations pursued go-it-alone strategies such as erecting protectionist trade barriers to shield their domestic industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [cbs4denver.com] Reference

Doing so could allow for a more creative use of the space, such as erecting a coffee shop for Bunker Hill community College students.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Somerville News Blog] Reference

Recently suggested it would offer symbolic reparation, such as erecting monuments dedicated to victims.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

If history has proved anything, it's that the economic case for erecting barriers is weak.    From Wordnik.com.  [From The Prison Of The 'Isms'] Reference

They also kept local potentates from erecting that rudimentary barrier to free trade known as a road toll.    From Wordnik.com.  [When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings] Reference

Crews of students work around the clock during November's "push" week, erecting a 55-foot pyre of logs to set ablaze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toppled Tower] Reference

And that, along with erecting factories, training new employees and providing social services for everyone, takes money.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Make A Metropolis] Reference

Maon is slated to be dismantled this week, but its residents were busily erecting a makeshift synagogue and a farmhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unsettling Israel] Reference

It often requires erecting rudimentary physical infrastructure as well as basic economic, legal, and political frameworks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Weakest Link] Reference

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the wall that Israel is erecting that it says is essential to prevent terror attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perspectives] Reference

Ford officials acknowledge their scheme for the Rouge is 10 percent more costly than erecting a traditional steel-slab structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Growing A Green Plant] Reference

A BBC documentary crew followed Mandelson around the Dome one day after a work crew in rappelling harnesses finished erecting the roof.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why The Dome Was A Dud] Reference

Larger public-works programs like the Civil Works Administration swiftly put millions of people to work erecting bridges and building dams.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Recession Is Over] Reference