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construction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 3.6 4.5 19.9 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences167 3 2 4 0 0
Number of authors14 6 3 2 3

Occurrences of construction in Corpus

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Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
That is an antedatin for this construction whilk is first recordit in DO on page 19

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
t no wan muckle wappen o mass construction?
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e link Braemar tae Aiberdeen. Construction got sae faur as tae big a rai
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae signage oer it, Jamieson Construction Ltd bein the main wan.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nor announcin free drink on a construction site.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he cooncil - a worked in the construction industry - theyve got twae o (2021) twitter link
e fm hasnt even mentioned the construction industry is shameful - they (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ens biggin. It's a faantastic construction at cost aboot the same es a b on page 63

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
which emanatit fae the glass construction an, as the tête-a-tête deve
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
tae the environment that the construction o the AWPR micht hae caused,
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like an undeemous construction site. on page 19

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
y specific question aboot the construction, she jokes Mamma Mia! Are you
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
daels wi a copula construction in Shaetlan, dat bein a linke on page 86

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
biological influences on the construction of the house," says Dr Intell
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
en doin, an she glanced at da construction student next ta me an said “ (2020) twitter link

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