Costain
Americannoun
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Elisabeta is a slinger signaller, at the Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture, redeveloping Euston Station in London for HS2.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2021
Costain, down 4p at 278.5p, said it was considering its position and would make a statement in due course.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2013
Martin has also listed Maurice Druon and Thomas B. Costain as models, two mid-20th-century historical novelists who wrote about medieval France, and you can see echoes of that material in his fictional universe, as well.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2012
It is just the latest in a long line which, in the past year, has included firms such as Trinity Mirror, Pirelli, Fujitsu, Barclays, Morrisons, Vodafone, BMI, Dairy Crest, IBM and Costain.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2010
His swashbuckling sagas, The Black Rose and The Moneyman, not only gave readers a bowing acquaintance with the courts of Kublai Khan and medieval France, but made Costain himself the contemporary king of historical romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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