Shifting Sentence Examples

Finally he looked away, shifting his attention to the improvements.

Instead of shifting with each step, the ground felt solid.

He was shifting up for a sprint when it happened.

He obeyed and sat across from her, shifting in his seat several times under her gaze.

It's the oldest bond there is, old enough to keep the mating bond from shifting when she wins her deal.

She wisely chose not to meet the challenging gaze of a restlessly shifting man among the king's company but focused on Taran's leg.

The jar made by shifting the men from one hole to another tells me when it is my turn.

The clouds far above were starting to swirl with hypnotic slowness, the rain beginning to fall again, and the sea beneath their feet rippling and shifting beneath the rubbery surface.

He turned to Cynthia, awkwardly shifting him around so she could take him.

They joined a larger group shifting from the eastern to the southern wall.

The use of the slips for the purpose of multiplication is now evident; thus to multiply 2085 by 736 we take out in this manner the multiples corresponding to 6, 3, 7, and set down the digits as they are obtained, from right to left, shifting them back one place and adding up the columns as in ordinary multiplication, viz.

The rainbow tints from the colored suns fell upon the glass city softly and gave to the buildings many delicate, shifting hues which were very pretty to see.

With shifting eyes but eyebrows still raised, Telyanin handed him the purse.

Prince Andrew smiled involuntarily as he looked at the artillery officer Tushin, who silent and smiling, shifting from one stockinged foot to the other, glanced inquiringly with his large, intelligent, kindly eyes from Prince Andrew to the staff officer.

She scooted closer to him, shifting the blanket so that she could drape the excess around his shoulders.

His crying and shifting distracted her from the strange world around her and made her head pulse, as if he were trying to pry his way into her unwilling mind.

They moved like smoke, shifting and swirling as they crawled the walls.

He said nothing but let her strike several times before shifting to the offensive.

She nudged him with her nose then licked his face, her demeanor shifting to the gentle wolf he knew.

Shifting her position to relieve a cramp in her hip, she twisted the injured shoulder and cried out in pain.

Maybe that was what the dream was about – shifting from one family to the next.

He gazed at her, shifting to lean forward, the only sign of his unease.

It took her a few minutes to become accustomed to the gearing, but she was shifting smoothly much quicker than he expected.

He did so impatiently, shifting his gear around his body.

Shifting to his highest gear, Dean raced in pursuit down a long incline.

Thoughts shifting to the task at hand, Xander stepped back to watch the Grey God do his job.

In depths beyond the reach of wave motion, and apart from suspension across a submarine gully, which will sooner or later result in a rupture of the cable, the most frequent cause of interruption is seismic or other shifting of the ocean bed, while in shallower waters and near the shore the dragging of anchors or 40 fishing trawls has been mostly responsible.

There has been in effect a successive shifting of zones of vegetation southwards from the pole.

Under the act of 1892 this shifting of the burden of proof only occurred if the circular had been sent to any person at any university, college, school or other place of education.

As early as 1573, Thomas Digges had suggested that this theory should necessitate a parallactic shifting of the stars, and, consequently, if such stellar parallaxes existed, then the Copernican theory would receive additional confirmation.

There was apparently no shifting of the star, which was therefore thought to be at its most southerly point.

The financial difficulties of Italy were due to many causes, notably to a shifting of trade routes; but those of the papal states seem caused chiefly by misgovernment.

These attain at places a height of from z oo to 150 ft., and are continually shifting to the westward.

Sow tender annuals for succession, potting and shifting those sown at an earlier period; sow cinerarias for succession; and a few hardy annuals and tenweek stock, &c., for late crops.

Due attention must be paid to shifting well-rooted plants into larger pots; and, if space is desired, many kinds of hardier plants can be safely put out in cold frames.

But carbon affects the properties of iron not only by giving rise to varying proportions of cementite, but also both by itself shifting from one molecular state to another, and by enabling us to hold the iron itself in its unmagnetic allotropic forms, 0and 7-iron, as will be explained below.

In the shifting of offices which took place at the beginning of the new reigns, Alaric apparently hoped that he would receive one of the great war ministries of the empire, and thus instead of being a mere commander of irregulars would have under his orders a large part of the imperial legions.

Farther down the Rhone meanders for a time with shifting channels in a bed about 2 m.

But his plans were traversed again and again by unforeseen complications, the failure of the most promising presumptions, the perpetual shifting of apparently stable alliances; and again and again he had to modify his means to attain his ends.

Since 1900 the development of the naval establishment and of the town has been exceptionally rapid, coincident with the growth of the German navy, and with the shifting of political and naval activity from the Baltic to the North Sea.

The shifting of the balance of power that followed belongs to the history of Europe; for Austria the only important outcome was that in 1731 Charles found himself isolated.

With the enormous extension of Greek territory a great shifting took place in the old centres of gravity.

Others, which may be called " earth-tiltings," show themselves by a slow bending and unbending of the surface, so that a post stuck in the ground, vertical to begin with, does not remain vertical, but inclines now to one side and now to another, the plane of the ground in which it stands shifting relatively to the horizon.

The only other tributary of any size that the sea receives is the Jaxartes (Sihun, Syr-darya) which enters towards the northern extremity of the east coast, and is suspected to be shifting its embouchure more and more to the north.

It is clear that where the bottom of a lake or sea consists of oozy mud or shifting sand, it is impossible for algae to secure a foothold.

Finally, it is important to remember that the fundamental characteristic of a living organism is its power of response to environment, a response or series of responses being necessary in a continuous environment for the normal facies of the organism to appear, and necessary in a shifting environment if the organism is to change suitably and not to perish.

The native population consists of Malay fishermen, Chinese, Tamils and small shifting communities of Kadayans, Tutongs and other natives of the neighbouring Bornean coast.

The seaward banks of the lagoons are frequently broken in storms, and the narrow channels through them are constantly shifting.

Up to the middle of the 19th century the destruction of forests by timber-cutters, by charcoal-burners, and above all by shifting cultivation, was allowed to go on everywhere unchecked.

Restrictions necessary for the proper conservancy of the forests are, however, imposed, and the system of shifting cultivation, which denudes a large area of forest growth in order to place a small area under crops, is held to cost more to the community than it is worth, and is only permitted, under due regulation, where forest tribes depend on it for their sustenance.

Numerous shallow ponds or jhils mark the former beds of the shifting rivers.

Navigation is greatly impeded by shifting banks of silt, and especially by five rapids which can only be traversed when the river is in full flood.

The port consists of an outer harbour, the so-called "rade" (roadstead) and the port proper, and occupies the course of the Adour from its mouth, which is obstructed by a shifting bar, to the Pont St Esprit, and the course of the Nive as far as the Pont Mayou.

The most common forms for the paths of the points of a piece of mechanism, whose motion is simple shifting, are the straight line and the circle.

Shifting in a straight line is regulated either by straight fixed guides, in contact with which the moving piece slides, or by combinations of link-work, called parallel motions, which will be described in the sequel.

Shifting in a straight line is usually reciprocating; that is to say, the piece, after shifting through a certain distance, returns to its original position by reversing its motion.

Circular shifting is regulated by attaching two or more points of the shifting piece to ends of equal and parallel rotating cranks, or by combinations of wheel-work to be afterwards described.

As an example of circular shifting may be cited the motion of the coupling rod, by which the parallel and equal cranks upon two or more axles of a locomotive engine are connected and made to rotate simultaneously.

Application to a Pair of Shifting Pieces.In fig.

In the case of two shifting pieces this would involve equal and parallel velocities for all the points of each piece, so that there could be no rolling, and, in fact, the two pieces would move like one; hence, in the case of roIling contact, either one or both of the pieces must rotate.

That the linear velocity of a shifting piece in rolling contact with a turning piece is equal to the product of the angular velocity of the turning piece by the perpendicular distance from its axis to a pair of points of contact.

That for a pair of turning pieces with parallel axes, and for a turning piece and a shifting piece, the line of contact is straight, and parallel to the axes or axis; and hence that the rolling surfaces are either plane or cylindrical (the term cylindrical including all surfaces generated by the motion of a straight line parallel tO itself).

Shifting pieces in rolling contact with turning pieces may be called snfooth or toothless rae/es.

The relation between the advance and the rotation, which compose the motion of a screw working in contact with a fixed screw or helical guide, has already been demonstrated in 32; and the same relation exists between the magnitudes of the rotation of a screw about a fixed axis and the advance of a shifting nut in which it rotates.

The speed-cones are either continuous cones or conoids, as A, B, whose velocity ratio can be varied gradually while they are in motion by shifting the belt, or sets of pulleys whose radii vary by steps, as C, D, in which case the velocity ratio can be changed by shifting the belt from one pair of pulleys to another.

If a connected point belongs to a shifting piece, the direction of its motion at any instant is given, and a plane can be drawn perpendicular to that direction.

Actual Energy of a Shifting Body.The energy which must be exerted on a body of the weight w, to accelerate it from a state of rest up to a given velocity of translation v, and the equal amount of work which that body is capable of performing by overcoming resistance while being retarded from the same velocity of translation v to a state of rest, is wvfI2g.

The couple M may be produced by shifting the force F parallel to itself through a distance x, such that Fx=M.

For the purpose of comparing the circumstances of the same community at successive periods this method is fairly trustworthy, assuming that there has been no material shifting of the age-proportions during the intervals.

Exact statistics of the membership of the Churches of the Oriental rite are almost impossible to obtain; the numbers of their adherents, moreover, are apt to vary suddenly with the shifting currents of political forces in the East, for political factors have always played a considerable part in these movements towards reunion or the reverse.

As the bulbs get large they will occasionally need shifting into larger pots.

Small parts of the desert along the Mexican boundary are shifting sand.

The reign of the first West Gothic Theodoric (419-451) shows a shifting state of relations between the Roman and Gothic powers; but, after defeats and successes both ways, the older relation of alliance against common enemies was again established.

There are indications, however, that industries are slowly shifting to the smaller towns.

Filcher in England improved somewhat on Lilienthal's apparatus, but used the same general method of restoring the balance, when endangered, by shifting the weight of the operator's body.

The formation of the coast varies from low, shifting banks of shingle or sand to majestic cliffs, and its character in different localities has been foreshadowed in the previous consideration of the hill-systems and lowlands.

In Wales, for instance, the rivalry of the sects has multiplied chapel accommodation out of all proportion to the population; while everywhere it happens that churches, at one time crowded every Sunday, have been emptied by the shifting of population or other causes.

The recent political mission to Seistan under Sir Henry M c Mahon (1904-1905) added much information respecting the ancient and modern channels of the lower Helmund, proving that river to have been constantly shifting its bed over a vast area, changing the level of the country by silt deposits, and in conjunction with the terrific action of Seistan winds actually altering its configuration.

They notice the selfdenying affection of the mothers, and the hard treatment of the wives by the husbands, polygamy and the shifting marriage unions.

In a level country like Bengal, where the soil is composed of yielding and loose materials, the courses of the rivers are continually shifting from the wearing away of their different banks, or from the water being turned off by obstacles in its course into a different channel.

The shifting policy of the Walachian princes at this time is well described in a letter of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus (1458-90) to Casimir of Poland.

The silver wattle grows freely in shifting sands and by its means waste lands, e.g.

Therefore by graduating the top of the beam and shifting a rider grain weight till the beam is horizontal, it is easy to ascertain the small difference of weight in the scale-pans which caused the de - flection to the T foth or i.

And the operations of placing and shifting the weights must be effected by mechanism which will enable this to be done without opening the case or exposing the machine.

His designs, which were always shifting from point to point of the continent, did not appeal in the least to his subjects, who took little interest in Poitou or Touraine, and none whatever in Italy.

The lower course of the Adour forms the boundary between Basses-Pyrenees and Landes; it enters' the sea a short distance below Bayonne over a shifting bar, which has often altered the position of its mouth.

There is the Famine steppe (Bekpak-dala), while in the Ak-kum steppe, which surrounds Lake Karakul, large areas consist of nothing but sands, partly shifting.

In spring, however, the 'steppe assumes quite another aspect, being clothed, except where the sands are shifting, with an abundance of vegetation.

In the deserts that lie east of the Lop-nor the sand is not piled up to such great heights, nor is it generally of such a shifting character.

Lankester (2) was the first to suggest that (as is actually the fact in the Nauplius larva of the Crustacea) the prae-oral somites or prosthomeres and their appendages were ancestrally postoral, but have become prae-oral " by adaptational shifting of the oral aperture."

Benham describes backward shifting of the oral aperture in certain Chaetopods, Proc. Zoolog.

Iceland lies contiguous to that part of the north Atlantic in which the shifting areas of low pressure prevail, so that storms are frequent and the barometer is seldom firm.

Their sidereal year was 4zm too long, s and they kept the ecliptic stationary among the stars, making no allowance for the shifting of the equinoxes.

A continuous shifting of the standpoint was in large measure substituted for the displacements of the objects viewed, which thus acquired a regularity and consistency heretofore lacking to them.

James Bradley discovered in 1728 the annual shifting of the stars due to the aberration of light, and in 1748, the complicating effects upon precession of the "nutation" of the earth's axis.

Bessel announced, in December 1838, the perspective yearly shifting of 61 Cygni in an ellipse with a mean radius of about one-third of a second.

Above Agram the Save is used chiefly for floating rafts of timber; east of Sissek it is navigable by small steamboats, but, despite its great volume, the multitude of its perpetually shifting sandbanks interferes greatly with traffic. Steamers also ply on the Una, the Drave below Barcs, and the Danube.

A score of shifting principalities, each ready to help the Christians to destroy the others, took the place of the caliphate.

A sketch of the political history of a country is necessarily concerned with the externals of politicsthe shifting balance of parties, changes of ministries, the elaboration of political programmes; and these have their importance.

A belt of sandy land covered with low scrub stretches inland ten to twenty miles, and is traversed by khors (generally dry) with ill-defined shifting channels.

Save in rare instances, however, they have long ceased to be shifting dunes; for, with the cessation of prairie fires and the increase of settlement, they have become well grassed over and stable; although sand-draws, and even occasional " blow-outs" scooped by the winds in the summits or sides of the hills are still characteristic landmarks.

The current is always rapid and heavily loaded with sediment,' and its axis is forever shifting.

Maybe that was what the dream was about – shifting from one family to the next.

He lifted the glasses again, lithely shifting his weight to maintain visual contact as his horse pawed at the sand.

Those coaching Czerno are shifting the future daily.

He found himself on the Caribbean Sanctuary, in the small chamber with the Oracle book.  Sea breeze swept through the small windows of the room, and he took a step towards the lectern on which the open book rested.  The pages displayed had a few words written on them rather than the constantly shifting writing that normally scrawled itself across the pages.  He felt himself compelled towards the book even as his fight-or-flight instinct reared up.

After doing some stretching exercises and setting his bike's trip odometer, he began, slowly at first, to swing into his rhythmic cadence of 70 revs per minute, maintaining the pace by shifting gears as the country hills rolled beneath his wheels.

There seems no realistic prospect of shifting the burden of fighting to Iraqi or other allies.

Shifting from this traditional perspective to the " critical anthropomorphism " advocated by Burghardt will not be easy.

The old opposing power blocs have gone, but have been replaced by a dangerous and unpredictable tapestry of shifting alliances.

The results do not indicate a specific role of parietal cortex in attentional shifting.

Very few areas have been modified by logging and shifting cultivation.

Uncommon species recorded within the shifting dunes include sea spurge Euphorbia paralias.

North Northumberland Dunes Northumberland North Northumberland Dunes represents embryonic shifting dunes in northeast England.

Uncommon species recorded within the shifting dunes include sea spurge euphorbia paralias.

Itâs typically expansive, capably demonstrating the shifting focus of their latest material.

The aluminum legs are finished with rubber ferrules to prevent the stool shifting.

Part of the explanation is that we have not fully understood how the political firmament has been shifting underneath our feet.

This provides conditions favorable to the shifting of the rivers as they reach the foothills.

Different pitches are derived by shifting the fundamental and overtones while leaving the vowel formants relatively untouched.

You can hike or even dune surf the shifting white gypsum.

Ms. Farhi said the hard-liners also are shifting the debate from nuclear strategy to sovereignty.

Rail shifting system won a jackpot beneath them with.

Aiming for happy and dancey, they had the lampshades swinging in time to their internal organ shifting bass lines and intricately worked techno.

A slow 6/4 bass licks over ominous Pawn Hearts style shifting chords.

The modest technical demands include limited shifting for the string players and the maintaining of a constant tempo tho various changes of meter.

In the process, they are shifting the emphasis from genes and fitness to emergent order as a primary source of evolutionary novelty.

Reduce cognitive overload by shifting narrated text into the Notes Area.

A number of medieval timber revetments suggest the area contained a mass of shifting river channels.

Does not this look like the Roman Catholic unsteady plank, or with some Protestants the shifting sandbank?

The 3 crew took our packs and pushed the boat over the shifting sandbars that had hampered our trip down the river.

New dunes show colonization by sea sandwort, sea couch and marram grass, all of which bind and stabilize the shifting sands.

In the case of the ramped sinusoid, shifting to the local max criterion has a dramatic effect.

Saturday The wind was from a generally southerly direction to start with, shifting to south westerly later in the day.

But the emergence of modern suburbia changed cities, shifting the focus from the civic to the domestic sphere.

Waving, meandering and shifting synthesizer tones are his main ingredients, despite the vague piano tinkle in ' Prophet Making ' .

In the late summer twilight, their target resembled only a shifting, jerking pile of black rags.

People also avoid timber walkways which have tilted due to shifting sand.

It served originally for the origin of the ambiens muscle (see Muscular System below); shifting or disappearance of this muscle, of course, influences the process.

The remarkable phenomenon of the periodic Turkestan shifting of the Lop Nor system has been revealed by the and Oxus researches of Sven Hedin, and the former existence of basin.

This last clause prepares us to find him shifting his position still farther at the council of Causey, where he advances the proposition that John XV.

In practice, in these furnaces, it is possible for small local arcs to be temporarily set up by the shifting of the charge, and these would contribute to the heating of the mass.

It would not be at all surprising if, in the great movements of populations and shifting of ascendancy which lie beyond our historical horizon, the worship of Yahweh should have been established in regions remote from those which it occupied in historical times; but nothing which we now know warrants the opinion that his worship was ever general among the Western Semites.

Years afterwards, he pretended that he had only signed the "devise" as a witness, but in his apology to Queen Mary he did not venture to allege so flimsy an excuse; he preferred to lay stress on the extent to which he succeeded in shifting the responsibility on to the shoulders of his brother-in-law, Sir John Cheke, and other friends, and on his intrigues to frustrate the queen to whom he had sworn allegiance.

Sailing on the river Thames, Bradley repeatedly observed the shifting of a vane on the mast as the boat altered its course; and, having been assured that the motion of the vane meant that the boat, and not the wind, had altered its direction, he realized that the position taken up by the vane was determined by the motion of the boat and the direction of the wind.

We have a vision of intrigues, mysterious conferences, threats and bribery, dimly discernible through a shifting mirage of tradition.

This is especially the case in the anterior part of the body, where, in correlation with the " adaptational shifting of the oral aperture " (see Arthropoda), a varying number of somites unite to form the "cephalon " or head.

Very similar positions were maintained by Kant and Comte; and, under the name of "agnosticism" (q.v.), the theory has popularized itself in the outer courts of philosophy, and on the shifting borderland of philosophy and literature.

Further, James Bradley discovered in 1728 the annual shifting of the stars due to the aberration of light (see Aberration), and in 1748, the complicating effects upon precession of the " nutation " of the earth's axis.

Pierre suddenly exclaimed with a laugh, and shifting the baby he gave him to the nurse.

Shifting cultivation may not completely remove this diversity but it severely reduces it.

Those who would silence doubt are filled with fear; the house of their spirit is built on shifting sands.

By skipping over the center of debate we can concentrate on our original intent of shifting perspectives.

She could see the clouds shifting as he bent his head again, watch the long striated patterns of shadow and light.

The tectonic plates of the global economy are shifting.

Waving, meandering and shifting synthesizer tones are his main ingredients, despite the vague piano tinkle in ' Prophet Making '.

On such shifting sands are the pensions of future generations to be built with barely a whimper of protest from Britain's trade unions.

The better LCDs have displays that allow you to sit farther to the side, instead of being locked directly in front of the screen for best viewing angle without color brightness dimming or shifting.

Jewelers are now shifting to palladium as the other metal used in white gold since it does not create allergic reactions.

Beginners who are shifting from guitar to banjo usually start with a 4-string model and then work up to the 5 or 6-string models.

Protecting your head while on a motorcycle should be second nature, much like shifting into second.

However, you should be careful about buying a whole mattress made of Memory foam because you may get the feeling of being sucked into the mattress, which will make shifting or turning your body hard.

If you are, do not allow the salesperson to persuade you into shifting to a firmer mattress.

Some cardholders made a practice of shifting their balance from card to card without paying interest payments.

The back of this chair actually resembles the spine and adapts to the body's movements, adjusting automatically to shifting positions while keeping the spine aligned.

Cover your kitchen backsplash with a repeating pattern of diamonds in subtly shifting colors to complement a solid colored countertop.

The shifting colors will hide dirt and footprints while the different sizes create interest and focus for the space.

The next part of the process is fun since you will be shifting your furniture pieces around on the room layout for the best possible arrangement.

In variable conditions under high speeds, a ski that is too short can lead to serious fore/aft balances problems, which can cause excessive forward and backward weight shifting.

Remember, inaction, like that of shifting your mindset, or deciding not to engage in conflict, is every bit as powerful as saying or doing something.

This was Zamon's plan, to offer Darkyn something capable of distracting him, of shifting his focus.

It couldn't be easy shifting from the role of the patient to the demanding role of husband and father.

We need to leave the forest, he said, shifting after a long moment.

Mums nodded, her gaze shifting back to the coffee cup.

Shifting her attention from the tattooed man, Jenn rested her eyes on the young man, who glanced at her after Dustin spoke.

The demon was silent but shifting within her chest.

Shifting her weight off the injured ankle, she pushed away from him.

The whole conception of force may disappear from a theory of the universe; and we can adopt a geometrical definition of motion as the shifting of one body from the neighbourhood of those bodies which immediately touch it, and which are assumed to be at rest, to the neighbourhood of other bodies.

From Bagdad downward, the course of the Tigris is peculiarly serpentine and shifting.

These " stone runs " are looked upon with great wonder by the shifting population of the Falklands, and they are shown to visitors with many strange speculations as to their mode of formation.

In Israel as in Judah the political disasters not only meant a shifting of population, they also brought into prominence the old popular and non-official religion, the character of which is not to be condemned because of the attitude of lofty prophets in advance of their age.

It is clear, however, that the Chinese came from the west, and entered their present territory along the course of the Hwang-ho at an unknown period, possibly about 3000 B.C. In early historical times China consisted of a shifting confederacy of feudal states, but about 220 B.C. the state of Tsin or Chin (whence the name China) came into prominence, and succeeded in forming a homogeneous empire, which advanced considerably towards the south.

The prevailing winds in most parts are westerly, but sudden changes, as well as the extremes of temperature, are caused mainly by the frequent shifting of the wind from N.W.

Before that time the Manchus were more or less a shifting population, and, being broken up into a number of tribes, they went mainly under the distinctive name of those clans which exercised lordship over them.

In the dry season, the autumn and winter, on the other hand, there is danger of grounding on the constantly shifting flats and shoals.

The bed of the great river maintains a fairly constant position between its extreme banks, but the channels within that bed are so constantly shifting as to require close supervision on the part of the navigation authorities; so much detritus is carried down as to form a perpetually changing series of obstructions to steamer traffic.

These require constant shifting because the objects are in contact at many points, and because the top ones shield those below from the depositing action of the current.

Stephen became by the shifting fortune of war a prisoner, and the empress Matilda might, if she had had the wisdom to favour the citizens, have held the throne, which was hers by right of birth.

Though Lubeck's right as court of appeal from the Hanseatic counter at Novgorod was not recognized by the general assembly of the League until 1373, the long-existing practice had simply accorded with the actual shifting of commercial power.

To the south of the Jerid the country is mainly desert - vast unexplored tracts of shifting sand, with rare oases.

Notwithstanding his loyal support of the administration during the struggle, he did not fully approve of its conduct of the war, which he deemed shifting and timid; and it was with great reluctance that he supported Lincoln in 1864 for a second term.

No amount of skill in the manipulation of figures, no ingenuity in shifting fiscal burdens, could prevent the addition of forty-one millions to the national debt, or could countervail the appalling mismanagement at the seat of war.

But this very fact of its ever-extending influence, coupled with an absence of dogmatism in belief, which made it at all times ready and even anxious to adopt foreign customs and ideas, gave its religion a constantly shifting and broadening character, so that it is difficult to determine the original essentials.

An arrangement of this kind for shifting the load from a large cage at one operation was introduced by Fowler at Hucknall, in Leicestershire, where the trains are received into a framework with a number of platforms corresponding to those of the cage, carried on the head of a plunger movable by hydraulic pressure in a vertical cylinder.

The trade of Konigsberg was much hindered by the constant shifting and silting up of the channels leading to its harbour; and the great northern wars did it immense harm, but before the end of the 17th century it had almost recovered.

The first test of the efficiency and permanence of this law came with the shifting of political power at Washington.

In the more accessible regions north and south heresy was exposed to a steady process of persecution, and tended to assume shifting forms. Among the valleys it was less easily reached, and retained its old organization and its old contents.

This, and the movements of the 4th Army, which had set its face towards Haicheng and no longer seemed to be part of a threat on Liao-Yang, led to the idea being entertained at Kuropatkin's headquarters that the centre of gravity was shifting to the south.

Its channel is generally erratic and constantly shifting;.

The bed of the river is sandy and shifting, and it is only by costly engineering works that the main stream has been kept from returning to the more eastern channel, along which it formerly flowed.

It imitates the motions made in polishing a speculum by hand by giving both a rectilinear and a lateral motion to the polisher, while the speculum revolves slowly; by shifting two eccentric pins the course of the polisher can be varied at will from a straight line to an ellipse of very small eccentricity, and a true parabolic figure can thus be obtained.

The silt and sand form banks and bars at the mouth, the water is too shallow in winter and the current is too strong in summer, and, further, the bed of the river is continually shifting.

The Tigris may have swept the western wall, though now a wide belt of sand has accumulated between the ruins and its present channel which is perpetually shifting.

There has been, in point of fact, no permanent shifting of weight or strength from any one organ of government to any other.

At Canyon City it passes out of the Rockies through the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas; then turning eastward, and soon a turbid, shallow stream, depositing its mountain detritus, it flows with steadily lessening gradient and velocity in a broad, meandering bed across the prairies and lowlands of eastern Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, shifting its direction sharply to the south-east in central Kansas.

It was a period of constant conflict conducted by shifting coalitions of the nobles, who under pretence of freeing the king from the undue influence of his favourite were intent on making a puppet of him for their own ends.

It depends on what you hear; hammering and knocking--that's bad; but a sound of shifting grain is good and one sometimes hears that, too.

Jauntily shifting the position of his legs in their tight riding breeches, diffusing an odor of perfume, and admiring his partner, himself, and the fine outlines of his legs in their well-fitting Hessian boots, Nicholas told the blonde lady that he wished to run away with a certain lady here in Voronezh.

If you ever find yourself shifting awkwardly or struggling to find a relaxed position while playing games with the kids, you may find your solution in a large floor pillow.

The baffle box contains the feathers and prevents the down from clumping together and shifting to only one section of the comforter.

For older girls, the trends are shifting back towards dresses that are smaller versions of what adolescent and young adult women wear.

It's a good deal for those who like to plan in advance and are diligent enough to keep track of shifting prices online.

With the world economy shifting, more and more Italian jewelers are catering to eastern religions by offering more religious jewelry options.

Look for sport coat styles with subtle stitching, strong shoulders, and a tailored shape with a drawn in waist and flare over the hips that will last year after year while pairing easily with shifting jeans and trouser styles.

In recent years, the trend is shifting back to wearing a lovely and tasteful Sunday dress or suit to religious services, often with a beautiful co-ordinating hat.

Some people experience RLS primarily at night, thus shifting their schedule to sleep in the morning is one solution.

These are classic enough to survive the shifting tides of style, but trendy enough to be noticeable.

Keep in mind that you may not always be able to find a replica pair there as stock is constantly shifting on the site.

The company is a product of shifting cultures around the 1970s and 1980s, inspiration stemming from music of the time.

Shifting from distance vision to reading or inspecting items up close in the sunlight is seamless.

The spacebar is the only key you need, for shifting and throwing the dummy.

But TV and shifting moral values changed that.

The balance board is used to control the movements on your characters by shifting your weight to go left, right, faster (by leaning forward), and slower (by leaning back).

Experts will have no problem shifting their feet to the songs because once you've played one DDR game, you've played them all.

The best thing by far about Lumines is the integration of sound into the shifting of the blocks on screen.

The team management tool can also be used to edit the lines on each team, shifting personnel and selecting the players that would participate in the shootouts.

The buttons are used for actions like shooting in Galaga or shifting in Pole Position.

The straightaway drag races are pure speed, so just make sure you're shifting efficiently.

Using this mode, gamers punch using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, but they duck and dodge by shifting their weight on the Balance Board.

Even when driving at high speeds the game shows no slowdown or texture shifting.

Shifting from a straight run to a strafe is seamless and firing and running/walking just is amazing.

The rules, rewards and choices are constantly shifting.

One, technology is rapidly shifting under the games.

Constant shifting and movement disturbs the natural settling process in the wine and may lead to oxidation.

Those who are used to the keyboard and the sidebars will have no problem shifting to a new model.

The smartphone used to have clearly defined features like a QWERTY keyboard, a corporate-minded infrastructure, and an email-focused design, but that is shifting.

The wires, springs, and other devices attached to the brackets or bands put pressure on the teeth, gradually shifting them into new positions.

Choreographers that are best able to recreate the feel of a celebration create a constantly shifting mass of dancers.

While this may seem like a simple move - just pausing while shifting your weight onto one foot - when performed by a master dancer it can be one of the most graceful of movements.

Reverse the order of steps, stepping forward with your right foot, pivoting to the left and then shifting your weight to your left foot.

The second "slow" count is the reverse, shifting all of the weight onto the right foot, which is about a shoulder's distance away from the left in parallel position.

After word of the bombing, Oklahomans began make shifting a memorial around the bomb site.

Roles are still in the process of shifting; only since 1977 have young rural Sri Lankan women had a place in industry.

For example, problems with foundations cracking or shifting rarely appear immediately after a home has been completed, but once windows start sticking and walls start cracking it becomes obvious that something isn't right.

As you near the end of your pregnancy, take things slow if needed--your shifting center of balance changes how you move, so bedroom acrobatics may need to wait until after the birth.

General shifting and changing points of pressure within the abdomen can cause abdominal pain; virtually every pregnant woman experiences abdominal cramping of some sort in early pregnancy and only rarely is it indicative of a miscarriage.

This is a great benefit against suits shifting and falling in the water.

This way you can thoroughly enjoy yourself without having to worry about your suit shifting.

Sometimes brief front exposure can cause shifting in the front to the side, especially with metallic fabrics that are more slippery.

There are generally no worries about your suit slipping, shifting and possibly exposing body parts you'd rather not have seen, as can happen with a skimpier bikini.

These vacuums each feature a smooth shifting transmission, and Kirby's proprietary "Micron Magic Filtration".

Photographs of KISS are the best source for designing a costume based on these shifting details.

For many busy people, shifting from working all day into a making-out mood can be hard.

The two handles help to distribute the weight evenly, so that one side doesn't tear from shifting too much weight to a single strap.

Geomagnetic reversal can also spell the shifting of the poles.

They're what make or break a total outfit, give the illusion of shifting your silhouette to a more sinewy one and make your walk more seductive.

Point your toes up, shifting your weight to your heels.

Changing colors and shifting positions don't affect the stencils at all.

Place your design on top and tape the three sheets of paper together and to the table, so there is no shifting or movement.

The shifting of muscles and curves on the skin can give a tribal tattoo a different look, so using stencils to determine the best design and placement can give you exactly what you are looking for.

Manduka mats have specific top and bottom surfaces, with the top being the sticky side to keep feet stable during standing poses, and the bottom having a fabric-like feel that resists bunching and shifting.

Manufacturers in China are shifting factory locations further inland to escape rising labor costs in coastal regions.

In fact, telcos are now shifting their marketing, providing VoIP-like services to small business, and merging with other companies to gain control of broadband.

However, when you throw shifting gears into that mix, things can get a lot more complicated and it requires much greater multitasking skills.

You need to get comfortable with the physical act of shifting before you try out your skills in real traffic scenarios.

With the clutch in, practice shifting through the gears.

Shifting from first to second is almost the same as starting the car, except it's a little bit easier because the car is already moving.

You may not feel that you're mechanically inclined, and the process of shifting while pushing in the clutch feels awkward and uncomfortable.

Basically, an automatic transmission does the shifting for you.

With a manual transmission, you actually do the shifting.

Some new drivers liken shifting a 5-speed to trying pat your head while rubbing your stomach.

Shifting gears allows you to keep the RPMs from reaching this level.

Driving in reverse is similar to shifting into first gear.

Follow the same steps, but instead of shifting into first gear, pull the gear shift knob down and to the right until you find reverse.

In an automatic transmission, the car takes care of the shifting.

Regardless of how your car changes gears, shifting is part of driving.

On the other hand, if you drive on open roads and enjoy shifting gears, a manual transmission might best meet your needs.

The throttle and exhaust are part of the engine system, the brakes and steering are part of the chassis, and of course the shifting is part of the transmission system.

Early models experienced shifting issues where some models required a replacement shifting module.

Shifting the car will be necessary to drive at speeds over five or ten miles per hour.

A good rule of thumb is to use one gear for 15 miles per hour (MPH), shifting around 3,000 RPMs.

The three layer sandwich is then stitched across its surface in an overall pattern to keep the filler from shifting.

That can easily be done by shifting your eating habits to include fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats (so skip greasy fast food!).

This type of eating plan is referred to as "calorie shifting".

After you feel comfortable, begin shifting your weight from side to side with each bounce.

The compressions helped you get accustomed to shifting your weight from side to side.

Practice shifting your weight from side to side.

Shifting positions, changing the resistance and speed can all make this a great leg workout.

The emphasis is gradually shifting from strengthening your core muscles to a reliance on them to complete the movement.

These panties are best purchased snug to avoid shifting and chafing.

A thyroid condition, shifting hormone levels and malnutrition may also contribute to this condition.

Gradually they evolved into a coordinated team accentuating the music by twirling batons while performing basic dance steps into ever shifting routines.

The decisive movement was a passage in strength near Fuenterrabia, to the astonishment of Passage of the the enemy, who in view of the width of the river Bidassoa, and the shifting sands, had thought the crossing October 7, impossible at that point.

Giddon shrugged, that intense topaz gaze shifting to his feet.