This house has no load-bearing skeleton structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Instructions for Building Pumice-Concrete Houses] Reference

He would have sensed that these were load-bearing posts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homebody]

The load-bearing bicycles, which were imported by Transport.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Mackey said he urged more load-bearing tests but was overruled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aging pier footings pass safety tests for Dulles Metrorail Project] Reference

This house has load-bearing walls made of in-situ cast pumice concrete.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Instructions for Building Pumice-Concrete Houses] Reference

Both add weight, reducing the load-bearing capacity of the ice underneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Ways to Keep Safe on the Ice] Reference

He just pronounced the north wall to be the load-bearing one and that was that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homebody]

· Readily available round-wood poles were used for the load-bearing framework.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

He demolished the load-bearing walls and propped up the rafters with broomsticks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sun may be about to swap sides in preparation for the next election] Reference

The column's load-bearing capacity depends on the tensile strength of the jacket.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Building with Unbonded Pumice] Reference

Here, instead of a frame, it is the entire walls that form the load-bearing system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexican House Construction - a Common Misunderstanding] Reference

Mr. Ban has employed tubes as load-bearing columns and even created arches with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Architecture] Reference

Thinner load-bearing walls are possible and the construction time is greatly reduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

Minimal proportion of the load-bearing surface to the nominal surface of hollow blocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

An alternative example consists of a load-bearing wooden framework and inserted panels.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Precast Pumice-Concrete Building Members] Reference

To increase the load-bearing capacity, the reinforcement can be prestressed before casting.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Roof structure] Reference

So this exercise, this load-bearing exercise, so important in space and here on earth as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2008] Reference

Advantages: platform raised above water level; high load-bearing capacity; no gradual sinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

It was probably used for making a bier, something that required a lot of load-bearing strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crusader Gold]

To say that pandemonium ensued is to feel how limited is the load-bearing capacity of mere words.    From Wordnik.com.  [R.I.P.] Reference

This system normally includes all external walls; internal walls are frequently also load-bearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexican House Construction - a Common Misunderstanding] Reference

· Natural and synthetic resins, for increased load-bearing capacity, elasticity and impermeability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 3] Reference

As shown in Figure 97, a load-bearing arch can be made by filling an arch-shaped fabric tube with sand.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Building with Unbonded Pumice] Reference

Even two of them would not have the load-bearing capacity to be the foundation for a successful bridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

Brick and stone are both load-bearing materials, which means historically they supported their own weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [10 Questions for . . . Marianne Cusato] Reference

Researchers say bone loss occurs because astronauts are not getting enough load-bearing exercise in space.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2008] Reference

He pulled his stuff away from the wall that he had thought was load-bearing, pulled his bed out of the way, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homebody]

Design Post-and-beam construction makes interior load-bearing walls unnecessary, enabling an airy, open-plan design.    From Wordnik.com.  [Huf House's DIY Mansions] Reference

Ritchey says they ensure good strength and load-bearing ability where needed, while minimizing weight where possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interbike Tech Gallery: Hot new wheels from Rolf, Ritchey, and DT Swiss] Reference

Green uniforms, load-bearing vests full of 30-round magazines for the M16s we carried, double canteens — everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Warrior]

Fig. 16: Shape and load-bearing capacity Slabs will support a heavier load than beams for a given thickness of material.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Design of biogas plants] Reference

The exterior and interior load-bearing walls are concrete, arranged to support 13 domed bays, each one rising to 13 feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeowners can charge some remodeling costs to credit cards] Reference

This time, however, his hand went through only partially, and struck one of two load-bearing metal beams in the basement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference

This type of structure consists of a load-bearing concrete-column skeleton filled out with pumice-concrete cavity blocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Instructions for Building Pumice-Concrete Houses] Reference

That's so the load-bearing wall can run right down the middle of the house and hold the floor joists for the second story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homebody]

· Blocks, bricks and tiles of any desired shape mace from sulphur concrete for load-bearing floor and wall constructions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

"The Citigroup building, just like the World Trade Center, is supported on steel load-bearing walls, not on a steel frame.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2004] Reference

These loads, through the support, should be evenly spread and directed towards the centre of gravity of the load-bearing wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

· The hollow blocks and mortar used for the load-bearing walls were made only with RHA and lime as binder, just as the external plaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference