Cordon Sentence Examples

Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest from running away?

In order to bring a young tree into the cordon shape, all its side branches are shortened back, either to form permanent spurs, as in the case of pears, or to yield annual young shoots, as in peaches and nectarines.

We gave him ' encouragement ' from the slip cordon.

After school, she did a cordon bleu cookery course and then went to Falmouth School of Art.

In moral effect the battle proved anything but a defeat to the Americans, who now drew a cordon of works around Boston, hemming Howe's army in a contracted, and, as it proved, untenable, position.

They admitted many residents could pay only 20p to cross a toll cordon.

Controlled Area The area contained by the outer cordon that may be divided in geographical sectors.

Why is a 400 meter cordon needed around a deep underground station like Warren Street?

In a river incident only part of the inner cordon will be land-based with the usual controls over entry.

The 3km cordon sanitaire was always meant to apply to Cumbria.

He received the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour, became grand-almoner of the empire and had a seat in the French senate.

In June 1770 Frederick surrounded those of the Polish provinces he coveted with a military cordon, ostensibly to keep out the cattle plague.

The economic condition of Adrianople was much impaired by the war of 1877-78, and was just showing signs of recovery when, in 1885, the severance from it of Eastern Rumelia by a Customs cordon rendered the situation worse than ever.

The badge of the order was a white Maltese cross decorated in gold, with the gold lilies of France at the angles, in the centre a white dove with wings outstretched, the ribbon was sky blue (cordon bleu).

In 1828 he was employed in the field in the RussoTurkish War, and at the siege of Varna he was given the grand cordon of the Alexander order.

The principalities were to enjoy commercial freedom, and the right of establishing a quarantine cordon along the Danube or elsewhere.

Shouting " Down with the Fascists, " the crowd dashed toward the men, around whom police quickly formed a cordon.

The security cordon ensured there were few of the usual demos or protests.

At the Temple the police formed a cordon, allowing only fascists to pass and on the Embankment the parade was dismissed.

Baby gate-As your baby becomes more mobile, you may need to cordon off a few areas in your home!

If you want to measure yourself, the best thing you can do is to cordon the room or rooms into perfect squares.

It takes about nine months to earn Le Grand Diplôme Le Cordon Bleu.

He also serves as the chef of Restaurant 561, the fine dining restaurant staffed by students finishing their Le Cordon Bleu curriculum.

Simple and delicious, this Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe is sure to become a favorite.

Good cordon bleu dishes, pastas, and excellent seafood entrees are presented for variety, and the restaurant features a decent wine list.

The menu includes a variety of entrees, such as roasted duck and chicken cordon bleu, gourmet pizzas, pastas, sandwiches and salads.

The security of the kingdom was sensibly promoted by the erection of a cordon of fortresses on its north-eastern borders, and a blow was given to foreign interference when Casimir succeeded in gaining dominant influence over the independent Polish principality of Masovia, which had hitherto gravitated between Bohemia and the Teutonic Order.

It flows past Yenne (left) and beneath the picturesque fortress (formerly a Carthusian monastery) of Pierre Chatel (right) before it attains the foot of the extreme southern spur of the Jura, at a height of 696 ft., not far from the village of Cordon, and just where the Guiers flows in (left) from the mountains of the Grande Chartreuse.

The principal street, which is considered one of the finest boulevards in South America, is the Calle 18 de Julio, extending eastward from the Plaza de la Independencia to the suburb of Cordon; one of its features is its Sunday morning market, occupying the whole street from the Plaza de la Independencia to the Plaza Libertad, a distance of half a mile - a survival of the old market that existed here at the fortified entrance to the walled town in the earlier years of its history.

I attended the Cordon Bleu and here's what I learned about professional cooking and how it helps me at work as well as at home.

The school has recently partnered with Le Cordon Bleu, "the world-renowned culinary and hospitality program," to strengthen and round out the education offered to their students.

In 1805 the rank of "Grand Eagle " (now Grand Cross, or Grand Cordon) was instituted, taking precedence of the grand officers.

The remainder of the massive defences remain, with twenty bastions, in the hands of the military authorities; the works for laying the surrounding country under water on the eastern side have been modernized, and the western side defended by a cordon of forts crowning the hills and extending down to the port of Neufahrwasser.

As it was impossible to establish a military cordon along the borders of Canaan, it was necessary absolutely to cripple the adjoining tribes.

He himself erected a whole cordon of forts round the flourishing mining towns of northern Hungary.

From Bothaville De Wet made for Thaba Nchu, where the Bloemfontein garrison held a cordon of posts.

The single-stemmed cordon may be trained horizontally, obliquely at any required angle, or vertically if required, the first two arrangements being preferable.

To meet the impending blow the Prussians had been extended in a cordon along the great road leading from Mainz to Dresden, Blucher was at Erfurt, Riichel at Gotha, Hohenlohe at Weimar, Saxons in Dresden, with outposts along the frontier.

If a double cordon is required, the original young stem must be headed back, and the two best shoots produced must be selected, trained right and left, and treated as for the single cordon.

She was at anchor surrounded by baulks of timber, and a cordon of boats had been stationed to row guard against an expected Federal attack.

By a night march of unexampled daring and difficulty Ney succeeded in breaking through the Russian cordon, but when he regained touch with the main body at Orcha only Boo of his 6000 men were still with him (2 ist).