| The tidal current was running against me, slowing the trawler to three knots. |
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| It measures in at 950 feet with a displacement of 62,069 tons and reaches speeds up to 24 knots. |
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| Maggie stepped up and started pulling at the frayed knots that were tied around his ankles. |
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| You may decide that the knots need to be tied tighter, looser or in larger or smaller sections. |
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| A double turn blood knot will do the trick, or tie a few granny knots in the tail link. |
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| This method always involved having at least three water knots along the leader, it never really seemed to have an adverse effect. |
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| These results validate the need to leave long tails and inspect water knots before each use. |
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| She will need to reach an average speed of 15.5 knots for the voyage if she is to beat the record. |
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| When it has to, the West Vancouver unit's hard-shell inflatable can go 35 knots on the water. |
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| She had her hair twisted into knots at the back of her head and she was dressed in a black serge with grey satin. |
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| That night, on a long and narrow ledge, I noticed that some of the water knots on his gear were sporting rather short tails. |
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| It can travel at speeds of up to 40 knots, transport 1,000 short tons of equipment and more than 350 combat soldiers. |
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| The ships displaced between 425 and 440 tons fully loaded, with a speed of 15 knots. |
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| I know how to tie my knots backward and forward, in the dark and in the rain, and how to provide a safe belay for my partner. |
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| If you don't want to stitch these or want to whip up a couple or four for a test, tie some elastic into loops using water knots. |
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| Participants must know the stunsail tack bend and bowline knots before coming to this lesson. |
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| For double strength monofilament and copolymers make sure your water knots have three turns. |
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| For a long time, the Alexander polynomial was one of the few tools topologists had for telling knots apart. |
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| You would have to be truly belting through the place at a rate of knots to do it 7 minutes. |
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| The sheet bend, and in some cases the fisherman's knot, are simple binding knots that can replace the reef knot. |
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| Move down the shaft of each section of hair and continue tying knots from the root of your hair to about 2 inches from the ends. |
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| Every time I went back to the hometown, my stomach turned into knots, I couldn't eat or sleep, and I got the shakes. |
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| Basically, the water knot is two overhand knots, with the second being tied on top of the first. |
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| Tiny raised flowers done in what seem to be French knots are balanced by the flat stem stitch. |
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| These instructions require basic knots, like the girth hitch and water knots, that are normally taught in the beginner classes. |
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| Passing 120 knots, with an abort speed of 133 knots, I felt an increase in the nose wheel shimmy on my jet. |
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| By the next morning, 1 June 1916, the Lutzow was shipping enough water to keep her speed below 5 knots. |
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| When in service, Enterprise, which is more than 90 metres long, will have a ship's company of 81 and a top speed of 15 knots. |
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| For decades this film archive was tied in legal knots and available only in miserably inadequate video prints. |
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| The canopy and windscreen are bird-strike resistant at speeds up to 270 knots. |
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| Glossy fellows the males were, in jetty coats with red, gold-bordered shoulder knots. |
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| The officers pictured in this photograph are wearing the Chapeau cover and shoulder knots. |
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| In lieu of epaulettes, all officers wore Russian shoulder knots of gold cord. |
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| However, it moved us along at 2.2 knots, giving us some steerage way, albeit on a course of 130 magnetic when we wanted to go 080 magnetic. |
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| The four magnificent tassels are embroidered with Turk's head knots and spangles. |
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| What's more certain is that when it comes to understanding knots, the road ahead almost certainly has more twists and turns. |
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| He tied me up in knots and deflected what I felt were the real issues with sidetracks and tangents. |
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| Some 15.7m long with a maximum loaded displacement of 24 tonnes, they have a top speed of 24 knots and a range of 210 nautical miles. |
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| You can't get steerage way with a speedboat hull at 4 knots so they are allowed to go faster so that they can point them in the right direction. |
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| It twists your stomach into knots and forces you to abandon any regular eating habits. |
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| As I continued east at more than 600 knots, the ELT beacon became strong enough to break through the squelch setting of my radio. |
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| The 44,200-tonne ship will have 148 cabins, 364 beds and travel at 22 knots. |
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| It started off as a clear, cold day but with moderate winds gusting from 15 to 20 knots. |
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| The latter evidence comes from the presence of weaver's knots, which are commonly used to make nets of secure mesh. |
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| Unfortunately she could not disentangle herself from the rope as the knots were out of reach. |
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| It's a helter-skelter ride and you can reach speeds of more than 10 knots in the process. |
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| When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht. |
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| Before serving them to the knots, we put the mussels through a mesh to break the byssus threads that held them together and to sort them by size. |
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| In childhood, this game is played out using simple loops and slip knots that hold but let go when pulled. |
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| We had been flying slower than 100 knots most of the day because our hoist boom was extended. |
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| They set me to threading shuttles, and tying weaver's knots, and such things, and now I have improved so much that I can take care of one loom. |
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| But, by the time the 76-strong fleet had reached the start line, the sky was clear and the north-easterly obliged at around 10-12 knots. |
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| The wind is picking up and blowing 15-20 knots north-easterly, which I hope is enough to miss the protruding land mass of Tenerife. |
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| Now tie two square knots with the cording and cut the cord as close as you can without letting the knots come undone. |
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| I personally dislike the look of real knots such as weaver's knots or overhand knots. |
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| How selfish he must think I am, she thought irascibly, tugging her long slender fingers through her hair to unravel the lacquered knots. |
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| The weaver's knot bears a close relationship to the bowline knot, as a careful study of both knots will show. |
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| Presumably it was the plank on which the tucker laid the piece of cloth so that it could be inspected carefully and the burls or knots removed. |
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| Sheer fabric was tied in bunchy knots and other tricks, draped over the bed to look like a waterfall and long enough to touch the ground. |
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| The strongest wind gust was measured last Sunday with a southerly wind blowing at 35 knots. |
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| Then it was inspected, and frayed yarns were replaced, and broken yarns were tied with weaver's knots. |
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| Tie one end with two overhand knots, placing them on top of each other and without over tightening. |
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| Many Buffalo fans had their jockstraps in knots over the players who left the Bills in the offseason. |
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| They brushed her hair until it was straight and there were no more snarls or knots. |
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| A no-flap approach was flown with a 220,000 lb gross weight, flying at 198 knots indicated airspeed. |
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| When the skein of whitey brown thread is undone, each of the little knots is cut with the scissors, which leaves the thread in needlefuls. |
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| For those who like to measure their speed in knots, the waterways north of Angers have been a well-kept secret for far too long. |
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| After flying for about 20 miles, I finally got it up to 1000 feet, cruising along at a nice 110 knots. |
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| Roaring south-easterlies of 35 knots and mountainous swells of about six metres during the 24 hours since Wednesday were hammering the yachts. |
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| I remind myself to convert miles per hour into knots and even learn to speak New Zealandese. |
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| There was a strong westerly wind blowing that day, around 20-25 knots but the object didn't appear to be drifting. |
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| Here in Southern California we're accustomed to summer westerlies and northwesterlies that kick in about noon and may work up to about 20 knots. |
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| Triton has a top speed of 20 knots and a maximum range of 3000 nautical miles at a speed of 12 knots. |
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| The Gazelle could carry a maximum of four people, and had a top speed of 168 knots with a range of 300 nautical miles. |
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| Its small knots and colour variations can make for a lively, interesting floor that is full of character. |
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| After peeling the bark, the knots where the branches were need to be sanded to a very smooth finish. |
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| All the tension and knots just disappeared and I was on a high for the rest of the day. |
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| He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin. |
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| Focused on fast ships capable of 31 knots, this has put the wind up rivals, few of which have the resources to match this kind of investment. |
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| After about eight hours, the stunsail had to come in as the wind changed and dropped out to less than 4 knots. |
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| This can be used to clear clogged hook eyes, bad casting knots and back lashes. |
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| He was wearing a suit, his tie in one of those enormous Windsor knots, but his trademark red beard was scraggly as always. |
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| On full lock the diffs seem to tie themselves in knots, too, so any getaway is a farce of kangarooing and nasty graunches from the transmission. |
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| Mean wind speeds for the month of between 7 and 12 knots were higher than normal for July. |
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| Since we know our aircraft's true airspeed to be 120 knots, we have everything we need to solve the equation. |
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| Park, a keen sailor, told the trial he did not use granny knots, of which there were some on the body ropes. |
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| Ryuji began to knead his wife's shoulders, massaging out the knots of tension he could feel gathering there. |
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| It is a good idea to tie knots in the rope or cloth about 1 ft. apart, this will provide a more secure climbing surface. |
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| She'd already gotten two of the knots undone, and she was sure it was just a matter of time before she was free. |
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| Why are kids up and down the country dumping their computer games in favour of tying knots in colourful plastic strings? |
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| Immediately, he began to undo the knots of the rope by which she was bound. |
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| Jodi began to pull at the remaining knots in the rope that tied her other hand. |
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| To construct Pieranski's knot, you fold a circular loop of rope and tie two multiple overhand knots in it. |
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| Reaching for a silver comb, Luke sighed once more and started pulling the knots out of his hair. |
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| She stood behind Freya, and brushed carefully through her dark hair, gently easing out the tangles and knots. |
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| My eyes are red and puffy, my skin is pale, and my hair is matted and full of knots. |
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| She nearly yanked a handful of her hair out while trying to get the brush through a rather large tangle of knots. |
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| I smiled faintly and got off of the bed, shrinking away from him and pulling my hand through the knots in my hair. |
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| I pulled her hair behind her and gently began to pull the comb through the knots in her hair. |
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| This braid is a lot more difficult to accomplish if your hair has tangles or knots. |
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| After recent experiences, I have developed a phobia for knots, and I try to reduce the number as much as possible. |
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| The beams and purlins provide the support for the upper level and are made of construction-grade wood, complete with knots and other blemishes. |
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| We think of complexity as unnecessary and are ever looking for Gordian knots to cut, even though we may slice through something vital. |
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| Marguerite winced as the serving girl yanked a brush through her hair, catching it on the wet tangles and knots. |
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| The comb is specially designed to cut through knots and tangles and much less time is spent in brushing and combing your Shih Tzu. |
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| She dragged the brush through her daughter's long hair, untangling knots as she went. |
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| As I sipped, the waiter appeared at my elbow proudly showing off a plate on which two gnarly knots of truffle reposed. |
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| She dried off the excess water from her hair and ran her fingers through it, trying to get the small knots out. |
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| And because of its knots and gnarls it's worth even less at the chip-mill than plantation wood. |
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| Features such as knots and branches can be recognized in some of the fossils. |
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| Typically built in a conifer, often near cones or knots or on an old cone base, the nest can easily be mistaken for a cone. |
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| It averaged 45.1 cm in diameter, showed little taper and was mostly free of branches or knots along its length. |
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| Nematodes are microscopic roundworms that attack plant roots and cause large knots. |
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| Horehound plants in the fall and winter have hard, prickly-feeling knots on the stems were the flowers bloomed. |
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| These growths, or knots, shut off water and nutrients to the branch, which eventually wilts, dries up and dies. |
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| Donald went over to his bed, an old, oak affair with knots in the wood and scratches on its frame, and sat down on it carefully. |
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| Longitudinal sections of tree trunks contain knots that preserve the history of branching and can be used to interpret stand dynamics. |
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| As she increases her speed to 29 knots, the prop wash piles up astern into an arcing jet stream then fans out into a broad trailing wake. |
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| The vessel has 17 decks, which tower 200 feet above the waterline, and will be capable of speeds of up to 30 knots. |
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| Then his hands began to work into Jake's muscles gently and slowly working out knots and tension. |
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| Despite his air of confidence, Lipton's stomach was in knots, hard and cold. |
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| This morning little knots of staff writers were talking to each other in low voices and then breaking off when I came by. |
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| In the golden lamplight, knots of heavily armed guardsmen were talking in low voices. |
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| The propulsion system provides a maximum submerged speed of 33 knots and a surface speed of 10 knots. |
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| One is a powered catamaran that can travel at 30 knots, carrying 50 divers with their instructors and sufficient tanks for two dives. |
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| Two 90 horsepower engines will give it a cruising speed of 15 knots and a range of 400 miles. |
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| The 81-metre ship is powered by two 12-cylinder diesel engines, and has a top speed of about 18 knots. |
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| As I applied the wheel-brakes, I looked down at the airspeed indicator and noted that we were traveling at 120 knots. |
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| Winds of 76 knots or 140 kph were recorded at the Naval Weather and Oceanography Centre on the Sunday afternoon. |
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| Next, she uses her toes to dig into troublesome knots, and her heel to apply extra pressure where needed. |
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| Knox-Johnston was alone at sea for an incredible 313 days, averaging just 3.39 knots round the globe. |
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| The scooter was a propeller-driven device that could pull a diver at about five knots and had a battery life of about three hours. |
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| With the standard engines, the Tiara 2900 will cruise at about 20 knots with a top speed of about 28 knots. |
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| There had been a storm warning at 1.15 p.m., with the wind speed touching 50 knots and the waves rising up to 25 feet. |
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| Surface wind at the time of the rollback of the gantry surrounding the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle was as high as 36 knots. |
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| On the ocean surface, its normal cruising speed is about 12 knots, but it is capable of attaining 20 knots in short bursts. |
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| With a top speed of 38 knots, they were capable of quickly getting to ships in distress. |
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| That the crew managed to recover and surface the boat after a head-on prang at 500 ft and 33 knots is miraculous. |
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| The aircraft can cruise up to four hours with a range of more than 500 miles at a maximum speed of 160 knots. |
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| He unhooks the bike frame and ties it tightly to his backpack, then doubles its rope round the wires and knots it tight. |
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| My stomach knots itself in fear as I wait for the appearance of a man who controls my destiny, my Fate, and my life. |
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| To this day, even if I simply think about being in such a situation, my stomach knots, my body tenses, and I go into avoidance mode. |
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| He is heading towards bankruptcy at a rate of knots, and yet it seems lenders are happy to give him more and more credit. |
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| The last of the turkey has been demolished, the new toys lie in a corner and the Christmas tree is shedding its needles at a rate of knots. |
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| The Brazilian striker has been overweight since arriving at the Reebok but has been shedding the pounds at a rate of knots. |
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| Villages are a traditional part of English scenery and the envy of many countries, so why are they being destroyed at a rate of knots? |
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| Evans calculated the tides perfectly once again, and we had the benefit of three knots free while we raced around the famous headland. |
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| I know all the companies are putting out opera DVDs at a rate of knots, and I suspect strongly that all other niche markets are doing likewise. |
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| The well-cared-for front gardens of our parents' generation seem to be disappearing at a rate of knots. |
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| I certainly wouldn't let them tie me in knots over the warranty, which probably isn't worth the inaccessible paper it's printed on. |
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| Buns, twists, chignons and hair knots generally work for most hair types, textures and lengths except super short chops and crops. |
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| If you would like to add knots, crimps or braids, you may prefer hair that is not as soft. |
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| That the administration had to handle it so carefully is a testament to how much the issue ties them in knots. |
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| A short while later the two ships surge forward together at a speed of 30 knots. |
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| Early Debonairs had 225 hp under the cowl, yet still offered cruise speeds near 160 knots on only about 13 gph. |
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| They had become self-taught sailors on the lake, teaching themselves the necessary skills and knots. |
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| My subconscious is trying to tie me in knots, but it won't work, though I half-wish it would. |
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| Rumours are flying around the place at a rate of knots, everyone is understandably worried. |
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| Early on, the wind filled to 18 knots and the yachts were forced to reef their mainsails and change headsails under difficult conditions. |
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| It was almost a foot long, made of ash wood with beautiful engravings of seagulls and sailor knots and braided ropes on it. |
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| The shaft of long handled tools should be a light wood, such as ash, and should be unpainted and free of knots. |
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| He rapped on the door once, and it opened to reveal a wizened old woman carrying a cord with knots in it. |
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| There is only one type of knot used, but the amount of space between the knots is what creates the laciness. |
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| He remembered occasions in the outer in the 1960s and '70s when a space would suddenly clear to reveal knots of men belting into each other. |
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| There will be some upper limit on the complexity of the knots constructible with this many atoms. |
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| This is no place to be 50 knots fast, throwing the landing gear down and wondering about the flaps. |
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| The yoke was fastened to the pole with a complex of knots so thoroughly tangled that it was impossible to unravel. |
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| After an interminable stretch of dead air while the cellular connection went through and my bowels tied themselves in knots, the number rang. |
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| It is powered by lead-acid batteries and can accelerate to just four knots. |
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| They are built to withstand ferocious conditions at sea, including waves in excess of 23 metres and winds over 100 knots. |
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| Inexperienced pilots of those gyroplanes should not fly in winds above 15 knots. |
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| Some of you might even think this amount of drag is too much, but with good line and well tied knots it is about right, believe me. |
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| The knots are the karma you're born with from all your past lives, and the object of human life is to try and undo all those knots. |
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| Frowning intently, he unwinds his orange turban, knots it in a ligature around his right biceps, and starts pumping his arm. |
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| On October 26, 1973, the Nantucket lightship reported sustained winds of 115 knots, and seas of 45 feet. |
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| I'm trying to build a variety of knots and convex heptahedra with this set. |
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| In our third year at the National Defence Academy, we naval types branched off to learn celestial navigation and knots and splices. |
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| It made less than three knots but carried a warhead of 200 kg of explosive and a number of limpet mines. |
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| After brushing my teeth and combing the knots out of my shoulder length hair I went to the wardrobe to retrieve the uniform I was to wear today. |
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| You could even fly the entire approach at 70 knots if there was no need to expedite for other traffic. |
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| For twenty years I lived in a world with no catastrophe theory, no chaotic growth, no knots that wouldn't untie. |
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| My hair's knots were combed out painlessly and I was redressed in fresh linen. |
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| The wind built to 25 knots and with some opposing current from the 5m tides, it created steep 2 metre waves, giving us a rolly blustery ride. |
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| These tiny ships fuelled by high octane petrol, were made of wood and had a top speed of just twelve knots. |
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| At one point, in the flat water in the shadow of Grenada, we hit 9.2 knots. |
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| The pendant strings, which sometimes have subsidiary strings attached, bear clusters of knots. |
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| Donny pedaled harder and harder until he could feel his leg muscles burn into knots. |
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| Back in the deserted capital, power brokers were trying to assess who hit pay dirt and who fell short in a city tied up in partisan knots. |
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| Iran's handwoven carpets and rugs are made of either silk or wool, and use special knots dating from the Middle Ages. |
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| In this process, the dikaryotic mycelium forms hyphal knots, some of which differentiate into fruitbody initials. |
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| I use it for certain items, primarily sword knots and have had nothing but good experiences. |
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| But I guess no one else did, though British infantry NCO's who rate a sword do have sword knots, except for Scottish infantry. |
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| Then she ran off, faster than any wildcat, and the men went on howling and shrieking, trying to untangle those knots. |
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| Powered by steam, not sail, this fire-breathing monster carved through the ocean at 12.4 knots and was covered in a thick hide of heavy armour. |
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| I have used both blood and surgeon's knots with equal success to attach leader to tippet. |
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| If you persist in attaching tippets with blood knots, surgeon's knots, or even the Orvis tippet knot, then attach your flies with clinch knots. |
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| Even when an airplane is firmly on the ground, control of a tricycle or taildragger at 60 knots can be dicey. |
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| Crosswinds of up to 30 knots can be accommodated on aircraft take-off or landing with or without stores. |
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| The submerged firing of the missiles can be conducted in a single salvo while the submarine is moving at a speed of 5 knots. |
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| I resume brushing the knots and tangles out of his hair and furrow my brow, once again in deep contemplation. |
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| Instead she smoothed her hair with her hand, calming the dishevelled tangles and knots, and walked back into the empty bedroom. |
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| Her hair was a mess of tangles and knots, and she didn't even look up when we entered the room. |
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| Steered with a tiller, Cayuga maxed out at six knots, well under the Canal's 10-mph speed limit. |
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| Like much of its genre, this satire spends so much effort tying itself in rhetorical knots, it almost forgets to make a point. |
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| Teresa, since my project is full of square knots, and I want to make sure they don't slip, can I go back and convert them to surgeon's knots? |
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| Dash 2 had aborted at 100 knots, and the pilot was able to slow the aircraft enough to pull off the runway onto a taxiway. |
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| Use blood knots for the thickest sections of the leader and the surgeon's knot for the thinnest or last section. |
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| We opened our jib a bit and later in the evening unfurled a bit of the storm jib too and reached 4 knots. |
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| The offshore waters are typically tempestuous, but winds in the channel's eastern bight will be only 10 to 15 knots. |
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| More big fish are lost through bad knots or poor quality crimping than for any other reason. |
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| The arid scenery rushed past me, sclerophyll trees and forests speeding by the window at what seemed a rate of knots. |
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| They have developed a sea scooter capable of reaching a stunning 2.5 knots. |
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| They learn how to fish, including how to bait the hook, tie knots and rig tackle, even back up a trailer and dock a boat. |
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| The tiny knots of the branch dug into his neck as Merlin sought to find a purchase with his fingers, scrabbling against the oily branch. |
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| The superchargers are still in place, but will only be used on a low setting, giving the plane a comfortable cruising speed of about 200 knots. |
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| Also available is The Klutz Book of Knots, a step-by-step manual on how to tie the world's 24 most useful hitches, ties, warps and knots. |
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| The LMSR and fast sealift ships have a draft of about 37 feet and a sustainable speed of about 25 knots. |
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| I can still string a box, do the sealing wax and sliding knots, all because of Joan. |
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| In all his readings of seamanship and knots he had never found himself moved to tears, unless from boredom. |
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| Then again, maybe I'm just thinking too much about the entire thing and succeeding only in thinking myself into knots. |
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| The metaphor my old physics professor liked was that matter is energy tied into knots. |
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| As the Grosvenor sliced towards the rocks at six knots, the officer of the watch dismissed reports of shore fires beyond the ship's head. |
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| I pulled out a comb and brushed my hair, it was difficult to pull the knots out but I was able too. |
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| Jamie stood outside the door of one of the public bathrooms, his stomach in knots. |
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| The thrusters have sufficient power to sustain the ship speed at a constant 6 knots. |
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| A retractable azimuth thruster is capable of propelling the ship at 10 knots. |
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| The battleships and destroyers following HMS Fearless arrived on the scene at a speed of 21 knots. |
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| She could feel her stomach beginning to clench up into knots. |
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| Once the knots are tied, the carpetmaker clips the ends of the wool threads so that they are all the same length, and washes the carpet to remove excess dye. |
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| We passed 100 knots and entered the high-speed abort regime. |
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| In 1981 Jaap beat his own record with 25.2 knots on a new sinker. |
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| A lot of very careful tests with special equipment have since been done to prove that water knots and grinner knots are vastly superior to blood knots. |
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| She wore her light brown hair up in two messy Chinese-style knots on top of her head and had secured them with shoelaces, one neon orange and one plaid. |
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| Tomorrow we'll be learning how the fibers are joined together with weaver's knots to create one long string that is then fed through the loom with a spooler. |
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| The pile is formed by knots, which are tied round the warp threads, and held in place by the weft, which is passed back and forth and beaten down securely. |
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| In general, the four-in-hand works better with a shirt with a straight collar, while the half and full Windsor knots work better with a spread or English spread collar. |
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| The cut-away collars that accommodate fat Windsor knots are giving way to fuller cuts that pinch in neatly under the tie with the use of tabs or poppers. |
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| Cyril folds his hands into tight, hard knots and beats them quietly against his knees. |
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| It took me half an hour to brush the wet knots out of my hair. |
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| Old English Sheepdogs are hard to take care of, especially because they need a lot of exercise and major grooming to keep knots out of their hair. |
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| Her hair was tangled in knots, she was pale, and her eyes were bloodshot. |
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| Sighing, I grabbed a comb and began untangling the knots in my black hair. |
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| Root-knot nematodes cause distinct knots or galls on the roots. |
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| The casket was made from boards with no knots from an evergreen tree. |
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| To round off the day, it's time for that rehydrating massage, which not only moisturises the body but also gets out the last few knots of tension. |
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| The area had been hit by heavy rainstorms with wind speeds of about 10 knots per hour, which had caused the sea level to rise by about 1.5 meters. |
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| These animals can reach speeds of up to 25 knots in short bursts. |
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| The maximum ship speed is 30 knots and the cruise speed is 18 knots. |
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| The single-seat biplane had a top speed of 108 knots per hour. |
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| As the book reaches its climax, disasters come at a rate of knots. |
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| A day on the water can calm nerves, rejuvenate the spirit and produce a general feeling of wellbeing, at least until we return to whatever tied us in knots in the first place. |
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| I of course immediately asked him how many knots he could tie. |
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| I'm sorry, but I think Hunter is tying himself in knots here. |
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| I would like to see an insurance policy that always pays out what it promises. Or a home loan that doesn't tie you in knots with options and clauses. |
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| You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, using the untouched island habitat as a safe haven during their journey south. |
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| Sikelianos attempts to untangle some complex knots in this book, and it is a testament to her writerly scope that she succeeds in doing so with wit and humor. |
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| Coming out of 2,000 feet and decelerating through 180 knots, the jet yawed so much to the left that I felt it was on the verge of departing controlled flight. |
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| By late afternoon, knots of officers were already in place around the center of Ealing and police vans cruised the streets. |
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| The reason for not using knotted tapered leaders when fishing with very small flies is you will often get fish hitting the knots in mistake for a tiny insect. |
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| These sensors include an anemometer, which records the speed of the wind in knots every five minutes and a wind vane which records the average wind direction. |
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| I see the autumn harvests, frozen into black knots in the trees, the berries and fruit, left rotting on the floor and then all mush turned to ice on hard ground. |
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| The line of battered old vans and the knots of people smoking roll-ups in the foyer only served to confirm what the security services already knew. |
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| The leading maxis were logging average speeds of between 13 and 15 knots and were still on course to smash the current crossing record of 14 days and five hours. |
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| Tie knots at the vertices and stretch the thread into a simple loop. |
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| Now I did have a blown tire, and as the aircraft slowed through 100 knots, the pull to the right required almost a full boot of left rudder to keep the aircraft on the runway. |
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| At the end of the holiday, I was starting to feel the knots in my shoulders loosen and my mind start to clear after all the drama and stress of the past few months. |
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| The knots were so plentiful that the thread stood up like a gnarled flagpole. |
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| When the airplane ran out of runway, it was just shy of 60 knots. |
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| Both the Duke and Duchess grinned broadly as they took turns at the wheel of the Sealegs, which reached speeds of 40 knots. |
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| There she tacked east to west in the lee of the island, and reported winds gusting to 60 knots from the west-northwest, and large to moderate seas. |
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| Her aluminium masts are more than 30 metres high and can carry a total sail area of 740.6 square metres, giving a maximum speed under sail of 14 knots. |
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| Capable of up to 24 knots under sail, the ship departed Tokyo June 9 and arrived in Vancouver July 8 after a speedy Pacific crossing that included a bit of rough weather. |
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| Conservatives have also twisted themselves in knots to present themselves as victims of a smear campaign. |
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| Normally I secure each seam with some backstitches, but I didn't want to do this with the applique, so I pulled the threads to the back side and secured them with some knots. |
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| By running now, they would risk revealing their inexperience or tying themselves in too many Tea Party knots for future audiences. |
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| With the minimum of fuss, two masseurs, working in unison, applied hot medicated oils over my body and set about the task of coaxing the knots out of my protesting muscles. |
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| There are worse things one can do than lie about in alpine thermal springs all day in the sunshine, getting the knots worked out of your spine by expert Japanese masseuses. |
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| Many knots and strings tied the clothes together and kept them in place. |
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| The final part provides diagrams showing just how to tie those 85 knots. |
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| The north-flowing Gulf Stream collides with a tendril of the southbound Labrador Current there, creating knots and plumes of flow that change daily, even hourly. |
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| Fortunately, the presenter did at least tie the toffee-nosed buffoon in such knots that the programme's viewers could clearly see his underlying motives. |
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| The garden she made is so well known today and has been so influential, that it is difficult to remember how unfashionable formal gardens, knots and topiary once were. |
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| Now, when modern topologists study knots, they assume the knots are constructed out of perfectly flexible, perfectly stretchable, infinitely thin string. |
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| The airplane's nose dropped through the horizon and speed started increasing to a bit more than 150 knots, then the nose started climbing and the bank angle shallowed out. |
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| The groups hiked down to Blackfoot to tie clove hitches, half hitches, square knots, fisherman knots, and sheet bends, then walked a course with the Patrol tied together. |
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| Her skin was bronze and her hair was black, straight, and always in some odd style, be it hundreds of braids or two pigtails put in odd twists and knots. |
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| Impatient fingers untied the knots, pulling the blindfolds from my eyes. |
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| I have never tucked a blood knot since I test all my knots to destruction before they go in the water and any knot that starts to slip gets discarded. |
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| It is interesting to note that cord abnormalities such as true knots, nuchal cord, insertional abnormalities, tumors, and single umbilical artery were not seen in our study. |
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| Natural fiber color variation, slubs and knots are an intricate part of each textile design and are used to enhance the beauty and texture of each pattern. |
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| At this juncture, we propose to designate this as one of those silly stories their spin doctors get themselves tied in knots over, leave them to it, and stroll smartly off. |
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| I just hope the knots don't unravel and create a Swiss cheese styling. |
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| Boat speed is always measured in knots, which are nautical miles per hour. |
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| I learned to tie my knots, especially the difficult bowline. |
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| Trial watchers in the public gallery could be seen practising their bowlines as forensic scientist Rodger Ide gave an insight into the techniques of examining knots. |
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| When she wishes to punish anyone she gives them a basket of one hundred pairs of shoes all with the laces tied in a hundred tight knots and makes them sit and untie every one. |
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| Join the monofilament to the braid with back to back uni or grinner knots. |
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| By last night the wind had dropped to a southwester of about 10 knots. |
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| The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide. |
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| Instead, he figured that tiny square knots would do the trick. |
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