public convenience
Example Sentences
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"The view is the only reason I bought it," said developer Simon Ayres, who bought the public convenience from Cornwall Council for £169,000 in March.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had allowed the company’s project to move forward in 2018 by granting PennEast a so-called certificate of public convenience and necessity, but lawsuits followed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2021
There is a cult film by the Chinese director Fruit Chan called Public Toilet, about two guys who, without sexual overtones, just liked hanging out at a public convenience.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2017
The board decided that the pipeline met the requirements of Iowa law requiring it to “promote the public convenience and necessity.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2016
And if I start in letting people sleep anywhere, I might as well turn my house into a public convenience and have done with it; but, there, it’s no good grumbling.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
