1.   Most of them sport pastel-tone plaster facades and shiny red ceramic roof tiles.

2.   The settlement resembles a middle-class suburb of San Diego, with pale tan subdivisions of modern, comfortable homes with red ceramic roofs.

3.   Among the items found in the settlement were three silver coins, sealed ceramic roof tiles and loom weights.

4.   --Heavy ceramic roof tiles are common in western Japan because they hold up well in rainstorms and typhoons.

5.   The president was to discuss his views with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung at the Blue House, the official residence named for its ceramic roof tiles.

6.   Wooden houses collapsed under the weight of ceramic roof tiles.