Downs Sentence Examples

In this sea were laid down the shales of the Rolling Downs formation.

It is situated on the seaward slope of the South Downs; the position is sheltered from inclement winds, and the climate is generally mild.

A narrow Cambrian sea must have extended across central Australia from the Kimberley Goldfield in the north-west, through Tempe Downs and the Macdonnell chain in central Australia, to the South Australian highlands, central Victoria at Mansfield, and northern Tasmania.

The Cretaceous sea gradually receded and the plains of the Rolling Downs formation formed on its floor were covered by the sub-aerial and lacustrine deposits of the Desert Sandstone.

The clays of the Rolling Downs formation overlie a series of sands and drifts, saturated with water under high pressure, which discharges at the surface as a flowing well, when a borehole pierces the impermeable cover.

As the plains on the Rolling Downs formation are mostly waterless, the discovery of this deep reservoir of water has been of great aid in the development of central Australia.

The well-water was supposed to have percolated underground, through the Blythesdale Braystone, which outcrops in patches on the eastern edge of the Rolling Downs formation.

Some of his discoveries, including those of Pandora's Pass and the Darling Downs, were of great practical utility.

Meanwhile behind his back the royalists had risen all over England, the fleet in the Downs had declared for Charles, and the Scottish army under Hamilton had invaded the north.

This mountainous tract, which has an average breadth of from 50 to 60 m., is bounded west by the plain of Campania, now called the Terra di Lavoro, and east by the much broader and more extensive tract of Apulia or Puglia, composed partly of level plains, but for the most part of undulating downs, contrasting strongly with the mountain ranges of the Apennines, which rise abruptly above them.

On each side of that great chain are found extensive Tertiary deposits, sometimes, as in Tuscany, the district of Monferrat, &c., forming a broken, hilly country, at others spreading into broad plains or undulating downs, such as the Tavoliere of Puglia, and the tract that forms the spur of Italy from Bari to Otranto.

Downs restricted to the apteria or absent.

It was in 1875 that the Smithfield Club first provided the competitive classes for lambs, and in 1883 the champion plate offered for the best pen of sheep of any age in the show was for the first time won by lambs, a pen of Hampshire Downs.

It is situated on the summit of the Great Dividing Range, and is the centre of the rich pastoral and agricultural district of Darling Downs.

It is beautifully situated on high ground among the wooded undulations of the North Downs, above the valley of the river Darent.

On the northern inland downs liquorice grows wild and is collected by the peasants and sent down to Alexandretta.

Hitherto from Oxford its course, though greatly winding, has lain generally in a southerly direction, but it now bends eastward, and breaches the chalk hills in a narrow gap, dividing the Chilterns from the downs of Berkshire or White Horse Hills.

The White Horse Hills and the Chilterns strike right across the Thames basin, but almost their entire drainage from either flank lies within it, and similarly a great part of the low-lying Weald, though marked off from the rest of the basin by the North Downs, drains into it through these hills.

The basin thus presents interesting problems. The existence of wide valleys where the small upper waters of the Cherwell, Evenlode and Coln now flow, the occurrence of waterborne deposits in their beds from the northwest of England and from Wales, and the fact that the Thames, like its lower southern tributaries which pierce the North Downs, has been able to maintain a deep valley through the chalk elevation at Goring, are considered to point to the former existence of a much larger river, in the system of which were included the upper waters of the present Severn, Dee and other rivers of the west.

The country west of the Drakensberg, though part of the main South African tableland, is not uniform in character, consisting of (I) elevated downs, (2) their slopes, (3) the flat " bottom " land.

The downs or plateaus occupy all the southern part of the country, sloping gradually westward from the Drakensberg.

After his defeat and death on the hill on the Sussex Downs then called Senlac, the duke of Normandy had the country at his mercy, but he recognized the importance of London's position, and moved forward with the greatest caution and tact.

It is an oldfashioned place on the skirts of Savernake Forest, lying in a valley of the chalk uplands known as Marlborough Downs, and traversed by the river Kennet.

The direct passes across it from Herat (the Baba and the Ardewan) wind amongst masses of disintegrating sandstone for some miles on each side of the dividing watershed, but farther west the rounded knolls of the rain-washed downs may be crossed almost at any point without difficulty.

Sir George Ayscue, who had lately returned from the West Indies, whither he had been sent to subdue the Royalist party in Barbados, had a sharp encounter with a Dutch convoy while on his way up Channel to the Downs, and had captured several prizes.

Ayscue remained in the Downs with 16.

Soon after Blake had gone, Tromp appeared in the Downs with a stronger force and threatened an attack on Ayscue.

In the 27th of September the Dutch appeared in force off the mouth of the Thames, and Blake, whose fleet was collected in the Downs, stood to sea.

It brought its fleet back, and then divided the ships, sending some to the north with Penn, and keeping the others, 40 in all, with Blake in the Downs.

It stands on a wooded upland, amid the chalk downs of Salisbury Plain.

Right back into British and even older times the main direction which commerce and travellers followed across southern and western England to the Straits of Dover and the Continent lay from Canterbury along the southern chalk slope of the North Downs to near Guildford, then by the Hog's Back to Farnham.

Its northern shores are bordered by the beautiful basaltic cones of the Bakony mountains, the volcanic soil of which produces grapes yielding excellent wine; the southern consist partly of a marshy plain, partly of downs.

The illuminations in London and the great provincial towns were magnificent, and all the hills from Ben Nevis to the South Downs were crowned with bonfires.

The county is divided centrally, from west to east, by the well-marked range of hills known as the North Downs, entering Kent from Surrey.

In the west above Westerham these hills exceed 800 ft.; to the east the height is much less, but even in Kent (for in Surrey they are higher) the North Downs form a more striking physical feature than their height would indicate.

In the west the Darent, flowing north to the Thames below Dartford, pierces the hills north of Sevenoaks, but its waters are collected chiefly from a subsidiary ridge of the Downs running parallel to the main line and south of it, and known as the Ragstone Ridge, from 600 to 800 ft.

The easternmost penetration of the Downs is that effected by the Stour (Great Stour) which rises on their southern face, flows S.E.

At a few points, however, as at Gravesend, spurs of the North Downs descend directly upon the shore.

From Pegwell Bay south to a point near Deal the coast is flat, and the drained marshes or levels of the lower Stour extend to the west; but thence the coast rises again into chalk cliffs, the eastward termination of the North Downs, the famous white cliffs which form the nearest point of England to continental Europe, overlooking the Strait of Dover.

To the south the London basin is succeeded by the North Downs, an elevated ridge of country consisting of an outcrop of chalk which extends from Westerham to Folkestone with an irregular breadth generally of 3 to 6 miles, but expanding to nearly 12 miles at Dartford and Gravesend and also to the north of Folkestone.

To the south of the Downs there is a narrow valley formed by the Gault, a fossiliferous blue clay.

In the large portion of the county sheltered by the Downs the climate is milder and more equable, and vegetation is somewhat earlier.

Farringford House in the parish was for some time the home of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who is commemorated by a tablet in All Saints' church and by a great cross on the high downs above the town.

There are golf links on the downs.

The Bath, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society owns small but extremely well-managed Zoological Gardens, well situated on the edge of Clifton Downs.

In 1749, having been selected as a Harbour of Refuge for the Downs, it underwent great improvements, and henceforward paid £200 yearly to Sandwich out of the droits for clearing the Channel and repairing the banks of the river Stour within the Liberty; but by 1790 the harbour was of small account.

It must be further remarked that both the " dunepans," or depressions, which are naturally marshy through their defective drainage, and the geest grounds - that is, the grounds along the foot of the downs - have been in various places either planted with wood or turned into arable and pasture land; while the numerous springs at the base of the dunes are of the utmost value to the great cities situated on the marshy soil inland, the example set by Amsterdam in 1853 in supplying itself with this water having been readily followed by Leiden, the Hague, Flushing, &c.

He had to contend against a strong peace party in Holland the Spaniards sheltered themselves under the English Downs by the side of an English squadron.

The circumstances under which the battle of the Downs was won were galling to the pride of the English people, and intensified the growing unfriendliness between two nations, one of whom possessed and the other claimed supremacy upon the seas.

But in 1639-1640 civil discords in England stood in the way of a strong foreign policy, and the adroit Aarssens was able so " to sweeten the bitterness of the pill " as to bring King Charles not merely to " overlook the scandal of the Downs," but to consent to the marriage of the princess had a quasi-independence of its own.

Many residences in the locality are occupied by those whose business lies in Manchester, who are attracted by the healthy climate and the vicinity of Bowdon Downs and Dunham Massey Woods.

It is probable that the lakes themselves are evidence of (geologically) a comparatively recent deliverance from the thraldom of the ice covering, which has worn and rounded the lower ridges into the smooth outlines of undulating downs.

It lies in the valley of the Calne, and is surrounded by the high table-land of Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs.

It is an exceptionally healthy locality, and the steep shore and open downs make it an agreeable summer resort.

The greater part of the plain is open and uncultivated, and presents nothing but barren downs; but corn is grown in considerable quantities in the northern portions of it, and there is no doubt that the whole is readily susceptible of cultivation.

The Rolling Downs formation is regarded as Lower Cretaceous.

In the south-east of England, the North and South Downs are both well-defined ranges, but are characterized by a number of breaches through which rivers penetrate, on the one hand to the Thames or the North Sea and on the other to the English Channel.

Leith Hill in the North Downs reaches 965 ft., and Butser Hill in the South Downs 889 ft.; Blackdown and Hindhead, two almost isolated masses of high ground lying between the two ranges of the Downs towards their western extremity, are respectively 918 and 895 ft.

They cannot be defined as a single range, nor are they named, as a rule, according to the groups into which they fall, but the general title of the Western Downs is applied to them.

But the most remarkable plain is that in Somersetshire, enclosed by the Mendips, the Western Downs, Blackdown Hills and the Quantocks and entered by the Parrett and other streams. The midlands, owing to the comparatively slight elevation of the land, are capable of geographical consideration as a plain.

Thus in succession there are the famous white cliffs about Dover, terminating the North Downs, the low coast of Romney Marsh, projecting seaward in Dungeness, the cliffs above Hastings, terminating an offshoot of the Forest Ridges, the low shore between Hastings and Eastbourne, to which succeeds the lofty Beachy Head, terminating the South Downs.

Successive portions of this line of heights are known as the Western Downs, the White Horse Hills, the Chiltern Hills, the East Anglian Ridge, the Lincolnshire Wolds and the Yorkshire Wolds.

The typical scenery of the Chalk country is unrelieved by small streams of running water; the hills rise into rounded downs, often capped with fine clumps of beech, and usually covered with thin turf, affording pasture for sheep. The chalk, when exposed on the surface, is an excellent foundation for roads, and the lines of many of the Roman " streets " were probably determined by this fact.

From the upland of Salisbury Plain, which corresponds to the axis of the anticline marking the centre of the double fold into which the strata of the south of England have been thrown, the great Chalk escarpment runs north-eastward; fingers of Chalk run eastward one each side of the Weald, forming the North and South Downs, while the southern edge of the Chalk sheet appears from beneath the Tertiary strata at several places on the south coast, and especially in the Isle of Wight.

The cut edges of the escarpment forming the Hog's Back and North Downs on the north, and the South Downs on the south, meet the sea in the fine promontories of the South Foreland and Beachy Head.

The Downs are almost without population, waterless and grass-covered, with patches of beech wood.

It is largely a region of oak and pine trees, in contrast to the beech of the Chalk Downs.

The glens and ravines on the hillside are often thickly wooded, and offer a delightful contrast to the open downs.

The Oxford Down is a modern breed which owes its origin to crossing between Cotswolds and Hampshire Downs and Southdowns.

The Southdown, from the short close pastures upon the chalky soils of the South Downs in Sussex, was formerly known as the Sussex Down.

Early in the 19th century the old Wiltshire white-faced horned sheep, with a scanty coat of hairy wool, and the Berkshire Knot, roamed over the downs of their native counties.

Inland are open, high-lying downs.

It is served by the London & South-Western and the London, Brighton & South Coast railways, and on the racecourse on the neighbouring Downs there is a station (Tattenham Corner) of the South-Eastern & Chatham railway.

Epsom gradually lost its celebrity as a spa, but the annual races held on its downs arrested the decay of the town.

There are many barrows on the neighbouring downs, besides traces of a double oval of monoliths on Hackpen hill, and the huge mound of Silbury Hill.

After the Irish chalk had been worn into rolling downs, on which flint-gravels gathered, the great epoch of volcanic activity opened, which was destined to change the character of the whole north-west European area.

The more deep-seated type of these rocks is seen in the olivine-gabbro mass of Carlingford Mountain; but most of the igneous region became covered with sheets of basaltic lava, which filled up the hollows of the downs, baked the gravels into a layer of red flints, and built up, pile upon pile, the great plateaus of the north.

All central Myelat and great parts of the northern and southern portions consist of rolling grassy downs quite denuded of jungle.

It is situated at the head of the long valley of Holmsdale Hollow, beneath the North Downs.

Reigate (Cherchefelle, Regat, Reygate) owed its first settlement to its situation at a cross-road on the Pilgrim's Way, at the foot of the North Downs; and its early importance to the castle which was the stronghold of the De Warennes in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

It stands near the sources of the river Wandle, under Banstead Downs, and is a place of great antiquity.

The mind has its own vagaries, its ups and downs.

The cultivated land is principally arable; the proportion of meadow being very small; the downs and commons are extensive.

Small Whites and Common Blues were common on the Adur levels on a day too breezy for the downs, and cloudy.

Hugh, whose father is a former commodore at the Downs Sailing Club in Deal, is also focussed on his long term future.

She was a familiar figure, walking in the brooklands and the Downs during those years, often alone and rather disheveled looking.

To my relief and amusement, she gave him one of the biggest dressing downs I have ever heard in my life!

Down syndromeere was a lad who joined us who has downs syndrome he was quite a character, shear determination.

Two Romano-British farmsteads, located near to each other upon the Downs, not far from the coast.

The workings occur all along the base of the downs, where the narrow strip of upper greensand joins the chalk.

The open road, the dusty highway, the heath, the common, the hedgerows, the rolling downs!

Purley remains a very leafy suburb in nature with the spacious Purley Downs golf course situated to the east.

The ups and downs of a man's sexual function are obvious, whilst a woman's libido is harder to measure.

Married, with four children and one pedigree mongrel dog, he has followed the ups and downs of Newcastle United since adolescence.

Our other local shop is based in Steyning, which is a really nice little village nestling at the foot of the downs.

Kirsten's son's scan showed several ' soft markers ' for Downs, including a dilated renal pelvis.

Especially prized were his hilarious put downs of Winston Churchill.

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The first steam locomotive to use the newly re-laid track ran in 1996, and was the North Downs Railroad sole operational steam engine.

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This deposit covers large areas of the Downs and coastal plain, and occasionally yields remains of mammoth and wooly rhinoceros.

A pair of Ravens over the north facing scarp of the Downs between Saxon Down and Malling Down this morning.

Lower Paleolithic Surface finds from the northern scarp of the Downs at Kithurst Hill, West Sussex.

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and Pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites!

The only open aspect is the north side of the triangle, which looks out across a main road to Hackney Downs park.

The North Downs supports chalk grassland and Surrey acts as a stronghold for species such as the silver-spotted skipper.

The village of Wrotham is situated below the scarp slope of the North Downs at the edge of the Lower Chalk.

The convoy, including eight whalers, arrived in the Downs on 27 October.

Its natural habit is to grow in rings, and the grassy fairy-rings so frequent amongst the short grass of downs and pastures in the spring are generally caused by the nitrogenous manure applied to the soil in the previous autumn by the decay of a circle of these fungi.

The East or Hampshire Avon rises in Wiltshire south of Marlborough, and watering the Vale of Pewsey collects feeders from the high downs between Marlborough and Devizes.

When the broods leave the nest they move into the more open country, and frequenting pastures, commons, heaths and downs, assemble in large flocks towards the end of summer.

The rich lowlands, between the Downs and the Forest Ridges to the south (which themselves extend into Kent), watered by the upper Medway and its feeders, are called the Vale of Kent, and fall within the district well known under the name of the Weald.

The Little Stour joins the Great Stour in these lowlands from a deep vale among the Downs.

The vales of Kent and Sussex are rich undulating lowlands within the area of the Weald, separated by the Forest Ridges, and enclosed by the North and South Downs.

Metrical form is distinguished from prose by the uniformity of corresponding lines in relation to the number of syllables and the similarity of final sound (rhyme or assonance), by the repetition of certain letters at regular intervals (in alliterative measure), or merely by the regular succession of ups and downs of intonation.

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites !

The view from across the Downs to Swanage Bay Arriving at Swanage, make for the newly restored pier and stone key area.

The SER main line to Dover took a weald of Kent route, avoiding towns above the North Downs.

On the sweltering afternoon of 29 June, at Boston 's Suffolk Downs, the horse found him.

Viper 's bugloss prefers a dry toil and is common on the chalk downs and on sea cliffs in many places.

They looked slightly different from the two commonly found on the downs meadows and wastelands on the edge of town.

Large areas of clay-with-flints, derived from the weathering of material overlying the present day Chalk, occur across the North Downs.

Obtaining free things for babies also sometimes comes in the form of borrowing or using hand me downs.

Read on to find out the ups and downs of each system and find out which one is right for you!

Making an investment in something so versatile is one way to weather the ups and downs of specific industries.

These stocks have a very volatile trading history, with a lot of ups and downs in pricing.

You can hardly watch Derby coverage at Churchill Downs without seeing at least a dozen horse racing enthusiasts milling around with the distinctive Mint Julep in their hands, and with good reason.

Some people would say that engaged couples are ill-prepared for the inevitable ups and downs that come with married life.

It's possible they drift apart after a few years or they simply weren't mature enough to deal with the ups and downs that come with married life after the excitement of the wedding has passed.

Ideally, marriage is a mutually beneficial arrangement in which both parties share equally the love, the decision-making, the ups and the downs.

You may be feeling uneasy due to something other than the normal ups and downs of everyday life.

Not only is it important to consider an individual's touch downs, but nationally ranked teams have an excellent defense, and excellent offense and they know how to work together to get the job done!

Try to recognize that you will face ups and downs in your marriage that you can usually overcome.

Unless the invitation specifically states "casual", men should wear collared shirts such as button downs or polos beneath their sport jackets.

Online retailers also offer dresses for sale and many will hold end of season mark downs which can make the search a lot easier.

The two most cherished goose downs are Hungarian and Siberian.

In fact, E!, and viewers, hope to see the two heiresses take part in some serious throw downs.

Tawny Kitaen, who once rose to fame as the girl in the Whitesnake videos, has had her share of ups and downs over the years.

The couple was married in June 1992 and suffered their fair share of ups and downs, including drug abuse, spousal abuse, and Brown's multiple arrests.

Following the show, his life had many ups and downs, including drug and alcohol abuse.

Over the years, they experienced their fair share of ups and downs - both falling from the spotlight and Corey Haim turning to drugs.

Like with any actor, Susan Sarandon's career has had its ups and downs, but overall she's had a very successful run.

The David Hasselhoff biography is full of professional and personal ups and downs.

He's also had his ups and downs with the entertainment media, after marrying one of Hollywood's elite actresses.

Fishel had some ups and downs but landed on her feet and the future looks bright for her.

Pet insurance coverage may be one option for owners who prefer to plan ahead for life's ups and downs.

Our relationship with our dogs will have its ups and downs.

Shopping on the discount aisle can have its ups and downs.

She doesn't only talk about full-figured clothes, but also about all the ups and downs that come with a living a plus size lifestyle.

It's 8 on 8 football with 30 yard downs.

For example, a certain Bronze card may make first downs only 5 yards (instead of the usual 10) for one drive.

Players pitch balls off like there's no tomorrow, tackles are broken with the greatest of ease, and there are more fumbles than first downs.

The scene where Myles downs the spit bucket was actually filmed at this winery, so it's kind of fun to retrace his steps.

Being involved in sports has been proven to help children learn valuable skills for dealing with life's ups and downs.

Men often performed jig solos back in the early years, and they have gone on to evolve into not only square dance, but tap and hoe downs as well.

This multi-faceted view of grief means that this book retains its relevance through the ups and downs of life's journey.

Economic slow downs often result in decreased job opportunities and occasional layoffs.

The California housing market has seen more ups than downs.

For example, some financial experts feel that the Libor index is less volatile, maintaining fewer ups and downs than the Treasury index.

Nursery necessities-though baby showers and hand-me downs are a great source of baby gear and essential equipment, significant costs may still fall on parents.

Once I realized that athletes have their ups and downs it allowed me to take every win and loss in stride, and learn something from it.

This means it's constructed for quick set ups and take downs, and easy transporting.

While the toy soldier market has certainly experienced its ups and downs, the tiny figures have survived and continue to enthrall collectors and children alike.

Reconciling your desire to look stylish and collate a collection of clothes that will serve you well through your life's ups and downs with the need to look well kempt can often be challenging.

We love to hate them, we love to adore them, and we love to watch their ups and downs like real life soap operas.

Malabsorption symptoms will basically mimic a horde of nutritional deficiencies because, as your intestinal lining wears downs, important minerals, proteins, essential fats and vitamins will no longer circulate throughout the body.

The ups and downs of this relationship will leave most Virgos feeling unhappy.

Since they rarely succumb to emotional ups and downs, they have trouble seeing it in others.

As you go through the challenges of parenting your child, you may find the following good parenting skills serve as an asset and help you through the ups and downs of the growing years.

The differences in the simple act of cleaning uniforms using washers versus dry cleaning will make these differences obvious, as well as the wearing of "hand me downs" in families with multiple children.

The longer you have, the more able you are to sustain these ups and downs and continue to save utilizing investments in a well-diversified portfolio.

Beverly Hills 90210 (1990-2000) - The show followed the ups and downs of a group of privileged Beverly Hills high school students.

Erica's ups and downs, marriages, loves found and loves lost have titillated fans for decades.

Soap fans continued to follow their favorite characters, who were everyday people, face the ups and downs of romantic turmoil.

Episode break downs feature some answers and spoilers as to what will happen.

While Meredith and Derek had their ups and downs and Addison fought for her marriage, Denny was fighting for his life.

Despite multiple ups and downs in the relationship, Diana had to cope with a manipulative mother, a dangerous ex-husband and a scheming Victor Kiriakis.

Automotive industry statistics can provide a fascinating look at the ups and downs of this important industry, and they may even help predict the future for car companies and other automotive businesses.

If you study the historical ups and downs in automotive industry statistics and the current health of the economy, you may get some insights into coming trends in the auto industry.

This usually causes dieters to begin yet another diet, continuing the cycle of ups and downs.

The interaction is wonderful-dieters share their ups and downs, their successes and failures, and their tips and recipes.

Cool downs typically consist of five to ten minutes of gradually decreasing activity.

Warm ups consist of gradually increasing activity, while cool downs consist of gradually decreasing activity.

You may find that a lace-up style is easy to stick with through weight ups and downs because you can loosen and tighten the laces as necessary.

Pink Floyd and their music have been around for over 40 years, but not without ups and downs.

The Eagles have had their ups and downs over the years, as many long-running bands tend to, but they remain one of the most well-known rock bands in the world.

She has paid her dues in the music industry, experiencing more ups and downs than she can count.

The band has had an enormous amount of ups and downs over the years, and they have disbanded and reunited many times, but through it all, they released albums that sold millions of copies.

Her life in the music industry has been filled with ups and downs, and she frequently faced bad reviews and bad sales over the course of her career.

Elvis courted much controversy in his time and saw plenty of ups and downs in his career, but his legacy as one of the most groundbreaking musicians ever has persisted long after his untimely death.

Although the song downs hippies and derides liberal causes, fans from all spectrums of the political field love to sing along.

Common's story starts out sounding like a lifelong love affair with a girl - all the ups and downs and changes and fashions and identities - and all the times she was bad to him.

They've had their ups and downs since then, but as of 2005 have received positive feedback on their music once more.

During her last year in high school Jessie shows viewers why living a life of privilege has its ups and downs.

This show follows the Jenner family around with cameras as they deal with family ups and downs, boyfriends, marriage and business ventures.

Kirk, Lt Uhura experienced the many ups and downs of starship service.

From HTML to PHP drop downs, with enough time and practice you can learn the skills needed.

Sure, she and Josh had their share of ups and downs, but never like this.