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becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage)
he got in on the ground floor - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
How To Use ground floor In A Sentence
- For that reason its exterior façade is made of limestone on the ground floor and an innovative terra-cotta cladding on the upper floors. The Seigle House by Lohan Anderson
- The heavy spring rain has flooded out the ground floor of the hotel.
- The Malleswaram market in the new parking complex plan has a basement, ground floor, mezzanine, three floors and a terrace across 70,000 sq ft, as does the Seshadripuram market.
- Staff revealed that four ovens were situated on the ground floor, two electric and two gas, each the same size as a small car.
- On its ground floor, executive director Amy Tobin showed me some salvaged-wood tables, benches, and a lustrously smooth black-acacia countertop created by Paul Discoe, an ordained Buddhist priest whose Oakland-based company, Live Edge, utilizes lumber from urban street trees that have been cut down due to storm damage, disease, and other reasons. Anneli Rufus: Rainwater Toilets and Slag: Touring Berkeley's Greenest Building
- The drawings included drawing 24G showing standard curtain walling, a reconstituted slate roof and at ground floor level the columns in place of the fins, to which we have already referred.
- The ground floor is the hub of the activity as it is the main banking hall.
- The ground floor also contains a common room, servery, kitchen, meeting rooms and offices.
- The ground floor of the complex will contain a spa, while the second floor will house a conference centre, a club room, and lounge.
- The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.