• David MacKay, the DECC's chief scientific adviser, practises what he preaches in his once draughty semi-detached 1940s house.

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  • Some residents said the homes were draughty, but others said they were settled and would refuse to move.

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  • Ben MacSkimming, a patient at the hospital for five weeks, said the old style gown was "uncomfortable and draughty".

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  • The food factories now stand silent, desolate and draughty - windowpanes long shattered but not replaced - monuments to the fall of communism.

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  • Energy efficiency and better home insulation is one way out of the government's dilemma, but insulating Britain's notoriously draughty housing stock would take years.

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  • Such schools are having to invest heavily to please parents, who increasingly demand that their children be kept in hotel-quality accommodation, not draughty dormitories.

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  • Local Episcopalians - belonging to the American wing of the Anglican community - gathered on Sunday in the draughty hall of Grace Church in this picture postcard town on the swirling Merrimack River.

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  • The reason why Roger does not know the meaning of the word hangover is the same reason why his cider is so revered, why people will travel 400 miles to sit in his draughty farmhouse.

    BBC: England's West Country: Still the apple of our eye

  • In place of what was once a draughty assembly hall is the Michael Fuchs Galerie, where the inaugural exhibition Hang On (running until 31 March) includes Warhol portraits of Frederick the Great, Frank Stella's stainless steel and carbon sculptures and works by contemporary German artists like Jonas Burgert and Gregor Hildebrandt.

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  • Neat stacks of medical text books, a sharply-designed carrier bag from a clothes store, an English novel and pairs of smart shoes in the draughty bedroom of the 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim, tell the story of a woman determined to make the leap to a middle class lifestyle for her and her family.

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