Draining Sentence Examples

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  • Cassie could feel the color draining from her face.

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  • Lisa stared up at him, the blood draining from her face.

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  • Since 1884 the Italian Government have been systematically enclosing, pumping dry, and generally draining the marshes of the Agro Romano, that is, the tracts around Ostia; the Isola Sacra, at the mouth of the Tiber; and Maccarese.

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  • In the hands of able captains, like Francesco Sforza or Piccinino, these mercenary troops became moving despotisms, draining the country of its wealth, and always eager to fasten and found tyrannies upon the provinces they had been summoned to defend.

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  • Both draining and irrigation are noticed, though the latter but slightly.

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  • Pretending this was a normal job was draining.

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  • The unhealthiness of certain portions of the county caused by the marshes is practically removed by draining.

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  • It lies on the western side of the canal on the low, narrow, treeless and desolate strip of land which separates the Mediterranean from Lake Menzala, the land at this point being raised and its area increased by the draining of part of the lake and by the excavation of the inner harbour.

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  • To the north lay the lake to which the answer of the Delphic oracle referred, Kiva Kaµapevav, when the citizens inquired as to the advisability of draining it.

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  • The stronger the solution administered, the greater is the quantity of water that passes into the bowel, a fact to be borne in mind when the salt is administered for the purpose of draining superfluous fluid from the system, as in dropsy.

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  • On such a slope effectual draining is easily accomplished, and the greatest possible benefit is derived from the sun's rays.

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  • As regards preparation, draining is of course of the utmost importance.

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  • These are unfitted for garden purposes until improved by draining, liming, trenching and the addition of porous materials, such as ashes, burnt ballast or sand, but when thoroughly improved they are very fertile and less liable to become exhausted than most other soils.

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  • In consequence of their depth, the draining of stokeholds often presents difficulties.

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  • As there is no highland area draining into Kordofan, the underground reservoirs are dependent on the local rainfall, and a large number of the wells are dry during many months.

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  • The flood waters of the Chambezi and other streams, which deposit large quantities of alluvium, are gradually solidifying the swamp, while the Luapula is believed to be, though very slowly, draining Bangweulu.

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  • French river, the outlet of Lake Nipissing, and Severn river, draining Lake Simcoe, come into Georgian Bay from the east, and canals have been projected to connect Lake Huron with the St Lawrence by each of these routes, the northern one to make use of the Ottawa and the southern one of Trent river.

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  • The abandonment of papyrus culture in the 8th century A.D, the neglect of the canals, and the inroads of the sea, have converted much of that country into barren salt marsh, which only years of draining and washing can restore to fertility.

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  • These draining ditches all have their issue in a main drainage canal, along which the transport of the peat and peatlitter takes place and the houses of the colonists are built.

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  • Syria, it is still the centre of a large district, growing in wealth and productiveness with the draining of its central lake, undertaken by a French company.

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  • At the north end is an elevated plateau, draining into the Kasimiya.

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  • The Varde, Omme, Skjerne, Stor and Karup, sluggish and tortuous streams draining into the western lagoons, rise in and flow through marshes, while the eastern Limfjord is flanked by the swamps known as Vildmose.

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  • It is continued until the contents of the pan have been coverted into a thick paste of small crystals of monohydrated sodium carbonate, permeated by a mother-liquor which is removed by draining on perforated plates or by a centrifugal machine, and is always returned to the pans.

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  • The river draining the valley is one of the chief sources of the Sarkhab (Surkhab) or Aksarai, an important tributary of the Upper Oxus.

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  • There was no satisfactory cleaning of the streets or draining of the sub-soil, and the harbour was rendered visibly foul by the impurities of the town.

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  • He ruled like a modern capitalist; placed his bribes like investments in the courts of his enemies; and, while draining the land of enormous sums, was pitiless toward the two productive portions of his realm, the country population and the artisans.

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  • This chain may be regarded as a single geographical feature, forming one of the principal watersheds of the peninsula, the waters to the north draining chiefly into the Nerbudda and the Ganges, those to the south into the Tapti, the Mahanadi, the Godavari and some smaller streams. In a meteorolgical point of view it is of considerable importance.

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  • It stretches out in one vast marshy plain, draining towards the south-east, and traversed by the Rapti, Kuana, Banganga, Masdih, Jamwar, Ami and Katneihia rivers.

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  • Very similar operations have been carried out in Austria-Hungary, where large tracts of land have been brought into cultivation, and watercourses have been diverted successfully despite serious difficulties, climatic and physical; in Russia convict labour has been largely used in the construction of the Trans-siberian railway; the military operations in the Sudan were greatly aided by convict labourers engaged in useful work at the base and all along the line; Italy passed a law in 1904 enacting outdoor labour for the reclamation and draining of waste lands by prisoners under long sentence; and France, although much wedded to cellular imprisonment, is beginning to favour extra-mural employment of prisoners under strict regulations.

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  • The draining and tilling of submerged or uncultivated land on a large scale, the promotion of agriculture in every way, in particular by the digging of channels, and the regulation of the system of taxation, were carried out on his initiative.

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  • Marshy soils are found along the lowest portions of the Coastal Plain, and are exceedingly productive wherever reclaimed by draining, as in portions of the Dismal Swamp. Other portions of the Coastal Plain afford more valuable soils, sandy loams overlying sandy clays.

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  • Bludau's measurements give the total area draining to the Red Sea at about 255,000 sq.

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  • The gradual elevation of the whole of northern Russia and Siberia, and the consequent draining of the marshes, is one of these deeper-seated, ampler causes; another is the desiccation of the lakes all over the northern hemisphere.

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  • The further principal rivers of this region are the Angerman (242 m.), Indal (196 m.), draining the large lakes Kallsjo and Storsjo, Ljusnan (230 m.), Dal and Klar.

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  • The Frias is wholly a Chilean river, draining an extensive Andean region between the 44th and 45th parallels and discharging into the Puyuguapi channel, which separates Magdalena island from the mainland.

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  • The Hab river, which forms the boundary west of Karachi; the Purali (the ancient Arabus), which drains the low-lying flats of Las Bela; the Hingol (the ancient Tomerus) and the Dasht, which drain Makran, are all considerable streams, draining into the Arabian Sea and forming important arteries in the network of internal communication.

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  • Other rivers besides the Indus and the Brahmaputra begin by draining a considerable area north of the snowy range - the Sutlej, the Kosi, the Gandak and the Subansiri, for example.

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  • This increase of duties was naturally unpopular, and while the emperor was urging on the draining of the marshes of his native place he was attacked and slain by his own soldiers.

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  • The difficulty of checking the fire was increased through the breaking of the water-mains by the earthquake, draining the principal reservoirs.

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  • The other large Bolivian tributaries of the Mamore, all rising on the north-east flanks of the Andes, are the Chapare, Secure, Manique or Apere and Yacuma, the last draining a region of lakes and swamps north of the Sierra Chamaya.

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  • The first includes the Guapay or Rio Grande, Piray or Sara, Yapacani and Marac6, upper tributaries of the Mamore, and the San Miguel, Blanco, Baures and Paragua, tributaries of the Guapore - both draining the western and northern parts of the department.

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  • The true character of the kavir, which forms the distinctive feature of east Persia, has scarcely been determined, some regarding it as the bed of a dried-up sea, others as developed by the saline streams draining to it from the surrounding highlands.

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  • On the Canadian side are Serpent river, Spanish river, French river, draining Lake Nipissing, Muskoka river, Severn river, draining lake Simcoe, and Nottawasaga river, all emptying into Georgian bay and North Channel, and Saugeen and Maitland rivers, flowing into the main lake.

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  • The existing lakes include Windermere and Coniston, draining south; Wastwater, draining south-west, Ennerdale water, Buttermere and Crummock water (the two latter, originally one lake, are now divided by a lateral delta), draining north-west; Derwent water and Bassenthwaite water (which were probably originally one lake), and Thirlmere, draining north; Ullswater and Haweswater, draining north-east.

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  • This coal-field occupies practically the whole of Glamorgan and part of Monmouth, and its surface slopes from the Black Mountain and Brecon Beacons to the sea as a gently inclined plateau, scored by deep valleys draining south.

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  • The district council are required to cause to be made such sewers as may be necessary for effectually draining their district.

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  • In 1675 he initiated the works for draining the foul tidal swamps; and, failing the consent of the Company to the erection of a regular hospital, he turned the law court into an infirmary.

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  • When no reservoir exists, the volume of continuous supply from any watershed area Dry is evidently limited to the minimum, or, so-called, extreme dry weather flow of the stream draining it.

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  • The Severn down to Worcester, draining 1,256,000 acres of generally flatter land largely of the same lithological character, gave in the dry season from the 1st of July 1887 to the 30th of June 1888 a loss of 17.93 in.

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  • Draining reduces the "surface tension" of the capil= lary water by removal of the excess, but the "water-table" may be many feet below.

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  • In setting about the draining of a field, or farm, or estate, the first point is to secure a proper outfall.

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  • Much of the success of draining depends on the skilful planning of these main drains, and in making them large enough to discharge the greatest flow of water to which they may be exposed.

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  • This is easily effected in the case of soils tolerably free from stones by the use of draining spades and the tile-hook which are represented in the accompanying cut.

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  • An implement, sometimes propelled by steam, known as the draining plough, can be used for opening the trenches.

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  • Draining can be carried on at all seasons, but is usually best done in autumn or summer.

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  • In the circumstances to which it is applicable, and in the hands of skilful drainers, Elkington's Draining Implements.

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  • During the subsequent thirty or forty years most of the draining that took place was on this system, and an immense capital was expended in such works with varying results.

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  • Things continued in this position until about 1823, when James Smith of Deanston, having discovered anew those principles of draining so long before indicated by Blith, proceeded to exemplify them in his own practice, and to expound them to the public in a way that speedily effected a complete revolution in the art of draining, and marked an era in agricultural progress.

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  • Instead of persisting in fruitless attempts to dry extensive areas by a few dexterous cuts, he insisted on the necessity of providing every field that needed draining at all with a complete system of parallel underground channels, running in the line of the greatest slope of the ground, and so near to each other that the whole rain falling at any time upon the surface should sink down and be carried off by the drains.

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  • Smith himself more appropriately named it, from its effects, "thorough draining."

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  • The Public Money Drainage Acts 1846-1856 authorized the advance of public money to landowners to enable them to make improvements in their lands, not only by draining, but by irrigation, the making of permanent roads, clearing, erecting buildings, planting for shelter, &c. The rapid absorption of the funds provided by these acts led to further legislative measures by which private capital was rendered available for the improvement of land.

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  • Finally, the Land Improvement Act 1864, amended and extended by the act of 1899, gave facilities for borrowing money by charging the cost of draining, &c., as a rent-charge upon the inheritance of the land.

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  • Murray estimates the total land area draining to the Indian Ocean at 5,050,000 geographical square miles, almost the same as that draining to the Pacific. The annual rainfall draining from this area is estimated at 4380 cubic miles.

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  • The inhabitants were a brave and warlike people, who paid more attention to cattle-breeding than to agriculture, although it is probable that the Romans, by draining the marshes and cutting down timber, increased the fertility of the soil.

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  • It receives numerous rivers draining a large extent of country; of these the chief are the French river draining Lake Nipissing, the Maganatawan draining a number of small lakes, the Muskoka draining the Muskoka chain of lakes (Muskoka, Rosseau, Joseph, &c.) and the Severn draining Lake Simcoe.

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  • The powers of self-government thus conferred on the foreign community consist in exclusive police control within the area, in draining, lighting, maintenance of streets and roads, making and enforcement of sanitary regulations, control of markets, dairies and so forth.

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  • Though the population is diminished and the cities ruinous, the country is still remarkable for fertility, thanks to the copiousness of its water-supply draining from the Lebanon mountains.

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  • In irrigation they showed skill, draining their fields with built watercourses and bamboo pipes.

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  • In the north lie Loughs Melvin, close above Donegal Bay, and Gill near Sligo, Lough Gara, draining to the Shannon, and Lough Conn near Ballina (county Mayo), and in the south, the great expanses of Loughs Mask and Corrib, joined by a subterranean channel.

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  • Its course in Austria is 240 m., draining an area of 15,500 sq.

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  • The draining of the Donau-moos between Neuburg and Ingolstadt, commenced in 1791, was successfully completed about 1835; and in 1853 the removal of the rocks which obstructed the river below Grein was finally achieved; while at Vienna itself the whole mass of the Danube was conducted nearer the town for a distance of nearly 2 m.

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  • The problem of draining and utilizing these lands was not the only difficulty to be surmounted by the Hungarian engineers; the requirements of navigation and the necessity in winter of preventing the formation of large ice-fields, such as caused the disastrous floods at Budapest in 1838, had also to be considered.

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  • Of the rivers flowing to the Indian Ocean the only one draining any large part of the interior plateaus is the Zambezi, whose western branches rise in the west coast highlands.

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  • The country consists of an elevated plain traversed by rivers draining north or east to the Niger.

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  • The chief of these are the Holland, Wildmore, West and East Fens draining into the Witham; and the Deeping, Bourn, Great Porsand, and Whaplode Fens draining into the Welland.

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  • It enabled the honey producer to increase his output considerably by extracting honey from the cells in most cleanly fashion without damaging the combs, and in a fraction of the time previously occupied in the draining, heating and squeezing process.

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  • The health of the place has improved with the draining of the marshes and the provision of a better supply of water, but still leaves much to be desired.

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  • The rivers of the narrow mountainous peninsulas form many rapids and cataracts; as the Tondano, draining the lake of the same name to the north-west coast of Minahassa at Menado; the Rano-i-Apo, flowing over the plateau of Mongondo to the Gulf of Amurang; the Poigar, issuing from a little-known lake of that plateau; the Lombagin, traversing narrow canons; and the river of Boni, which has its outfall in the plain of Gorontalo, near the mouth of the Bolango or Tapa, the latter connected by a canal with the Lake of Limbotto.

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  • The woman jerked beneath him and clawed at the Black God draining her blood.

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  • After draining, if serving immediately the asparagus can be dressed with either extra virgin olive oil, melted butter or walnut oil.

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  • The tube just bypasses the blockage by draining the urine outside the body.

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  • This is reflected in unprecedented June runoff totals for some southern rivers draining permeable catchments.

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  • You will also have a urinary catheter draining urine from your bladder.

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  • In addition to the draining or dumping function, this unit also serves as a flow divider.

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  • He will have many chest tubes draining fluid from his heart.

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  • Great advances have been made in draining, but the lands are not inclosed, and the want of fences is seriously felt.

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  • Of the rivers draining from the plateau, only the Glenarm has records of Priority Species the otter and the river jelly lichen.

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  • Well-defined mega-scale glacial lineations are present within the trough, produced by a palaeo-ice stream draining the Greenland Ice Sheet across the continental shelf.

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  • The freely draining impoverished ands and gravels support a very simple flora which is dominated by ling and bell heather.

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  • More viscous liquids will require a longer draining time, less viscous liquids may over-deliver in the quoted time.

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  • The Romans became practiced at draining marshes to rid areas of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

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  • The grass paviors provide limited infiltration, with excess water draining to the storage tank located at the southern end of the site.

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  • You can also reduce the salt content of tinned pulses and veg by draining and rinsing them under running water.

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  • Like many before him he has succumbed to the wallet draining world of high power rocketry and is UKRA Level 1 certified.

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  • This is known as a draining sinus or abscess.

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  • The plant prefers a sunny area with well draining soil.

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  • These plants require a free draining soil - and this being a raised bed, it is really well drained.

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  • He took a large swig of his drink, almost draining the glass.

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  • This makes a visit to the museum emotionally draining, but intellectually vacuous.

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  • Simple PAVMs have a single feeding artery leading to single draining pulmonary vein.

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  • These lead directly to the inferior vena cava, draining blood from the liver.

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  • Before then a sequence of six tributary burns draining the moors to the west of the river had to be crossed by stone viaducts.

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  • For example, rivers draining a chalk catchment may be expected to respond very differently from nearby urban watercourses.

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  • There are several ways of draining a lawn which gets waterlogged.

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  • The vice-chancellor was ex officio a delegate of the press, where he hoped to effect much; and a plan for draining the Thames Valley, which he had now the power of initiating, was one on which his mind had dwelt for many years.

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  • The Burdekin is the finest of these, draining an area of 53,5 00 sq.

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  • In New South Wales there are several important rivers, the largest of which is the Hunter, draining 11,000 sq.

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  • Murray estimates the total area of land draining to the Atlantic to be 13,432,000 sq.

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  • In 1805 Napoleon made him governor of Dalmatia, with the title of provediteur general, in which position Dandolo distinguished himself by his efforts to remove the wretchedness and idleness of the people, and to improve the country by draining the pestilential marshes and introducing better methods of agriculture.

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  • In the introductory paper in Maxwell's collection we are told that " The practice of draining, enclosing, summer fallowing, sowing flax, hemp, rape, turnip and grass seeds, planting cabbages after, and potatoes with, the plough, in fields of great extent, is introduced; and that, according to the general opinion, more corn grows now yearly where it was never known to grow before, these twenty years last past, than perhaps a sixth of all that the kingdom was in use to produce at any time before."

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  • It is called " basket sugar," and meets with a brisk sale, at remunerative prices, among the Chinese coolies; and as the sugar as soon as cooled is packed ready for market, without losing any weight by draining, this branch of sugar-making is a most lucrative one whereever there is sufficient local demand.

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  • The total area draining to the Humber is 9293 sq.

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  • The total land area draining to the Pacific is estimated by Murray at 7,500,000 sq.

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  • From the Asuncion plateau southwards, near the confluence of the Paraguay and Parana, there is a vast stretch of marshy country, draining partly into the Ypoa lagoon, amd smaller tracts of the same character are found in other parts of the lowlands, especially in the valley of the Paraguay.

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  • The Clarence is a fine stream draining an area of 8000 sq.

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  • It may be distinguished from the draining of land on a large scale which is exemplified in the reclamation of the English Fens (see Fens).

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  • The cultivated lands of Britain being disposed in ridges which usually lie in the line of greatest ascent, it became customary to form the drains in each furrow, or in each alternate, or third or fourth one, as the case might require, or views of economy dictate and hence the system soon came to be popularly called "furrow draining."

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  • The limited supply and high price of these tiles for a time impeded the progress of the new system of draining; but the invention of tile-making machines removed this impediment, and gave a stimulus to this fundamental agricultural improvement.

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  • Runoff rates were also very high in rivers draining the Peak District.

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  • His mother points to his rapidly draining sachet of blood.

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  • Gas grill buying tips can help you find the grill of your dreams without unnecessarily draining your pocket book.

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  • The cause of divorce can sometimes be so cumbersome, emotionally draining and devastating that the effects of the divorce don't compare to it.

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  • When using the greywater for irrigation purposes it is always recommended to be aware of what you are draining down the sink and what cleaning products are being used.

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  • Adding a wet room is a bit expensive and the help of a professional is advisable, since you'll need waterproof membranes and a special draining system.

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  • Draining your energy or someone who makes you feel bad inside.

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  • To avoid draining your wallet on a single trip, set a budget for your cruise.

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  • Many of these are no-frills, inexpensive straps that will buy you a little freedom without draining your bank account.

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  • One of the best ways to avoid draining your bank account when visiting Sea World is to book a package deal offered by local hotels.

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  • San Antonio Sea World coupons allow you to visit the world's largest marine life adventure park without draining your wallet.

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  • After you select your attack method, hold down the A button until your opponent's life bar stops draining.

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  • During the unveiling of iPhone 4, Steve Jobs made a point of highlighting the device's innovative display, which utilizes the newest LCD technology for maximum performance without draining battery life.

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  • In either case, this can be quite draining on the cell phone battery.

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  • Signs of infection are swelling, redness, tenderness, throbbing pain, localized warmth, fever, swollen lymph glands, the presence of pus either in the wound or draining from it, and red streaks spreading away from the wound.

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  • The abdominal incision become red, warm, tender to the touch, or is draining fluid.

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  • Obstruction prevents the normal passage of stomach contents into the duodenum and keeps the gallbladder and pancreas from draining their secretions.

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  • If it is believed a bacterium is causing the labyrinthitis, blood tests may be done, or any fluid draining from the ear may be analyzed to help determine what type of bacteria is present.

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  • In cases where the eardrum has ruptured, there may be fluid draining from the middle ear.

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  • Caring for a child with SMA can be very challenging and emotionally draining.

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  • Postural drainage uses the force of gravity to assist in effectively draining secretions from the smaller airways into the central airway where they can either be coughed up or suctioned out.

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  • It may involve fusing together vertebrae or inserting metal pins; or removing bone chips, bullets, or other foreign objects; or draining fluid to relieve pressure.

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  • If fluid or pus is draining from the ear, it can be collected and sent to a laboratory to determine if any specific infectious organisms are present.

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  • These small tubes are placed to aid in draining the fluid from the middle ear.

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  • When you clear the clutter from your home or office, you are clearing stagnant, draining energy from your space.

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  • Naturally, many people turn to bridge loans because they fear the possibility of draining their entire savings to pay for two mortgage loans.

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  • From the moment you conceive, your body begins a process of growth and support for the fetus that is really draining on your body energy-wise.

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  • Eliminate this scenario completely with trunks featuring mesh draining pockets.

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  • This is important if you don't have a drain available for continuous draining via a hose.

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  • When there are three people, you, your ex and his girlfriend, AND the process is high conflict, it can sometimes feel as though the odds are against you, draining you physically, emotionally and financially.

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  • If you are always dropping everything for him or being clingy, this gets old quickly and is energy draining.

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  • While the plot is similar to past Superman movies, with villains working toward draining him of his powers, Return strays a bit from the "I'm an alien and trying to fit in" to one that most of us are more familiar with.

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  • Assuredly, something is draining the blood from those farm animals, but as yet, no one truly knows what that is.

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  • It is believed to attack livestock, completely draining the animals of all blood.

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  • Is there really a mysterious creature or pack of creatures running around the Southwest draining the blood from farm animals?

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  • One of the first documented attacks of these creatures was in 1970 in Moca, Puerto Rico where a number of local horses and other animals were massacred through the draining of blood from two small puncture wounds in the neck.

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  • This part of life with autism can be challenging, frustrating and draining.

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  • Although caring for pets offers a financially profitable business, it can be draining and ties you down as long as you have dogs in your care.

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  • Paying for a personal trainer can be financially draining, and there is no guarantee you will be compatible with the trainer you hire.

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  • Ares Lite music downloads help you feed your music habit without draining your bank account.

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  • Weakened, leaky capillaries draining under the eyes makes them look swollen and puffy.

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  • She wondered how many more there would be and doubted she'd last more than another day or two if he kept draining her blood.

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  • He'd stopped draining her healing power, and she felt a change in his body.

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  • Instead of draining his power, the woman was shoving power into him.

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  • Her eyes were heavy, her anger draining her last bit of energy.

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  • He couldn't control the surge of adrenaline he experienced whenever he thought of sinking his teeth into his father's neck and draining his life from him, the way his father drained his mother's life.

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  • The great rivers of Australia, draining inland, carve out valleys, dissolve limestone, and spread out their deposit over the plains when the waters become too sluggish to bear their burden farther.

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  • From the sources of its various tributaries to the town of Bourke, the river may be described as draining a watershed.

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  • The percentages of the land surface draining to the different oceans are approximately - Atlantic, 34'3%; Arctic sea, 26.5%; Pacific, 14.4%; Indian Ocean, 12.8%.'

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  • The Great Basin is not, as its name implies, a topographic cup. Its surface is of varied character, with many independent closed basins draining into lakes or "playas," none of which, however, has outlet to the sea.

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  • At Kiang the expenditure has been £3100, with an annual expenditure of £270, devoted to clearing and draining 332 acres.

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  • By draining the land, by planting millions of trees and by erecting numerous buildings, he greatly improved the condition of his Aberdeenshire estates, and studied continually the welfare of his dependants.

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  • Irrigation benefits a sandy soil, draining a marshy soil.

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  • The latter, besides its more obvious advantages, speedily freed large tracts of country from stagnant water and their inhabitants from ague, and prepared the way for the underground draining which soon after began to be practised.

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  • Before the close of the 18th century, and during the first quarter of the 19th, a good deal had been done in the way of draining the land, either by open ditches or by James Elkington's system of deep covered drains.

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  • In 1834 James Smith of Deanston promulgated his system of thorough draining and deep ploughing, the adoption of which immeasurably improved the clay lands of the country.

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  • The level of the city above the lake being only 14 ft., much difficulty arose in draining it.

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  • The last two had a pernicious effect on Cuba, draining it of horses, money and of men.

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  • The Chachu and the Charta are large clear streams, evidently draining from the great central lake district.

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  • On his farm Smith carried out his experiments in deep and thorough draining, and also invented a reaping machine, the subsoil plough and numerous other valuable appliances.

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  • Leaving out of account the innumerable glacier streams that swell its volume above the Lake of Constance, the most important affluents to its upper course are the Wutach, the Alb and the Wiese, descending on the right from the Black Forest, and the Aar, draining several Swiss cantons on the left.

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  • Cornish pumps are the oldest of the machines for draining mines; in fact, one of the earliest applications of the old Woolf and Newcomen engines in the 18th century was to pumps for deep mines.

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  • To the east lies a tract of country which, though geographically a part of the Irrawaddy basin, is cut off from it by the Yomas, and forms a separate system draining into the Sittang river.

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  • Paring and burning improves the texture of clay lands, particularly if draining is carried out at the same time.

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  • On light easy draining land 2 2 yds.

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  • Gripping and draining ploughs are employed in opening the grips and trenches necessary both in surface and underground drainage.

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  • Both are generally bare and unproductive, the uplands, however, contain the fertile valleys of Khaibar and Medina, draining to the Wadi Hamd, the principal river system of western Arabia; and the Wadi Jadid or Es Safra, rising in the Harra between Medina and Es Safina, which contain several settlements, of which the principal produce is dates.

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  • The British Foreign Office report, Draining of the Zuiderzee (1901), gives full particulars of the Dutch government's scheme and a retrospect of all former proposals.

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  • The river Derwent enters the lake from the south and leaves it on the north, draining it through Bassenthwaite lake, to the Irish Sea.

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  • Of inland river systems there are four - one draining to Victoria Nyanza, another to Tanganyika, third to Nyasa and a fourth to Rukwa.

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  • Into Tanganyika flows the Malagarasi, a considerable river with many affluents, draining the west-central part of the plateau.

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  • In the disasters which followed she maintained peace, while draining the land of men and money to aid her son in the East.

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  • The draining of the marshes around Pinsk was begun by the government in 1872, and by 1897 8,000,000 acres had been drained at an average cost of 3s.

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  • He was employed by Napoleon to superintend the engineering operations for protecting the province of Ferrara against the inundations of the Po and for draining and improving the Pontine Marshes.

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  • Its salubrity has been increased by the draining of many marshes in the neighbourhood of the larger towns.

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  • The draining of the site and neighbourhood was a costly undertaking, and was only accomplished by the sacrifice of many lives.

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  • Kiamath river, draining several lakes in the north-west part of the Basin Range province and traversing the Cascade Range to the Pacific, is apparently also an antecedent river.

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  • The rivers are merely streams draining the high land.

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  • In 1901 the government introduced a bill in the States General, based on the recommendations of the commission, providing for enclosing the Zuider Zee by building a dike from the North Holland coast, through the Amsteldiep to Wieringen and from that island to the Friesland coast at Piaam; and further providing for the draining of two portions of the enclosed area, namely the N.W.

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  • St Lawrence and Hudson Bay in eastern Canada also presents one or two lakes draining each way, but in a much less striking position, since the water-parting is flat and boggy instead of being a lofty range of mountains.

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