Eventually Elizabeth's fleet ran out of ammunition and withdrew to the narrows of the Channel. |
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Huge waves were breaking on the barrier reef and the narrows at the eastern entrance of the channel were like a boiling cauldron. |
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We continue, without rest, for several identical pitches, through the narrows, to the first apron above the cliffs. |
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The fort is situated at the southern end of Lake Champlain where the narrows lead into Lake George. |
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Since the Gorge is a tidal waterway, the current from the narrows shoots crews out. |
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This broad and undulating ridge gradually narrows and eventually sharpens to a knife edge just below the rocky summit slopes. |
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The dentary narrows posterior to the coronoid, and forms a short but robust condylar process that terminates in a large, broad condyle. |
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In many specimens the anterior petals are delicate and the anterior poriferous zone narrows markedly towards the apical system. |
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Throughout, he narrows his eyes behind bushy eyebrows and slips coins from hand to hand, as if fondling a rosary. |
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The moon had finally moved far enough over the high walls of the pass to cast some of its gaunt white light down into the narrows below. |
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Our view of the blogosphere gradually narrows, becoming parochial and staid. |
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It limits our horizons, narrows our imaginations, and encourages an obsessive preoccupation on the personal and petty aspects of our lives. |
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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. |
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Any further exposure narrows the bronchial tubes and brings on the symptoms of asthma. |
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At the underside of the sixth floor, the atrium narrows to a small opening encircled by polished granite voussoirs. |
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The normally oval spinal canal enlarges slightly by bending forward and narrows with standing and leaning back. |
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Here the soft tissue lining the inner ear narrows to form a vessel, the perilymphatic duct. |
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Since caffeine is usually a vasal constrictor, as the caffeine that the body is so used to wears out of the system, it narrows the blood vessels. |
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This too has been a cause of congestion as Market Street narrows towards its southern end. |
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As the spectral distribution narrows with depth, the angular distribution of the downwelling light broadens. |
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Jean grabs him by the lapel of his tuxedo jacket and narrows her green eyes at him. |
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An entertaining tight-rope walk, especially where the ridge narrows considerably for its final few feet to the summit cairn. |
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He has only just alighted from the aircraft at Beira when he narrows in on a white helicopter parked on the runway apron. |
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But, that really comes later in the cycle, when the spread between real and nominal rates narrows. |
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As the disease progresses, the field of vision gradually narrows and blindness can result. |
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The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar. |
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The pupil with its curved highly reflective surface narrows the reflection. |
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This is why most of the major sea battles took place between the narrows of Tunis and Sicily. |
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That sense of island is heightened when you travel to Ardgour on the little ferry that plies across the Corran narrows of Loch Linnhe. |
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During slack water, tugs tow freight barges and rafts of logs through the narrows with scant room to manoeuvre. |
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It narrows to such a degree that there is a risk of becoming wedged by the surge. |
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The point itself is a massive coral sand bluff that narrows to a reef as it slips needlelike into the sea amid waves and colliding currents. |
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From this haunted ridge the road curves down to Tiquina, where the lake narrows to a strait less than a kilometer wide. |
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Moving up inside the Canyon is exciting, as the gully narrows to an S-bend that is soon wide enough for only one diver at a time. |
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The steel barrier starts at the top of the hill where the roadway narrows to one lane eastbound toward the bridge. |
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The roughly oval outline, which narrows to a neck at the bottom, defines a head that is fused with the cityscape. |
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On the afternoon of May 14, Glenure crossed the narrows of Loch Leven from Callart by the old Ballachulish ferry en route to Kentallan. |
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However, take your boat up past the cages and through the narrows, and the loch opens up into an even more spectacular vista. |
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But one thing is clear: each time an option is deemed unpalatable or unworkable, the field of choices narrows. |
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When Monty is on the tee, some guy in a black jump suit and mask tiptoes out and narrows the fairways, shrinks the cups and puts rattlesnakes in the bunkers. |
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Daniel Gross narrows down the list of suspects, from Elizabeth Warren and Wall Street to the brilliant economist himself. |
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It narrows your options on how you will spend your time, money and attention. |
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On the other hand, getting too close to the threshold dramatically raises your risk and narrows your choices. |
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A rough assessment of the product concept, by means of the mentioned criteria, as well as of the grease's key data narrows down the choice. |
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At this point the vessel was approximately two nautical miles from the narrows at the entrance to Gaspé harbour. |
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Angiotensin II is a natural vasoconstrictor, which means that it narrows and constricts blood vessels, increasing blood pressure. |
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Epinephrine is used because it's a vasoconstrictor which narrows blood vessels and helps the anesthetic's effect last longer. |
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Neoliberalism with its emphasis on market forces narrows the legitimacy of the public sphere by redefining it around the related issues of privatism, consumption, and safety. |
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However, in a climate of rising interest rates, bonds tend to be regarded as less enticing investments as the difference between the bank rate and bond yield narrows. |
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The pace soon slows as the road narrows to a rocky rollercoaster single track, changing often and abruptly and leaving most newcomers flailing for gears. |
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Thirdly, some States have passed implementing legislation that in fact restricts or narrows the scope of grounds of jurisdiction laid down in international treaties. |
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The house decays around amelia and Samuel, their world narrows and becomes mad, undealable with. |
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After just a few kilometres a fine three-lane access road narrows to a potholed carriageway. |
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The reserve is bisected by the narrows, with the majority of the population living on the east side islands. |
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For more than a mile the beach was littered with wrecked ships, including debris from the steamer Curaca which was thrown across the full width of the narrows. |
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The view, looking across the tide-churned narrows of Strangford Lough to Portaferry's twin village, Strangford, would be worth the detour by itself. |
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But when outgoings such as tax and mortgage payments are taken into account, the gap between Scotland and the most affluent regions of Britain narrows dramatically. |
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We drove to the narrows and after a 20-minute hike and three or four river crossings, we spotted a couple climbers cleaning a route on the wall we coveted. |
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In the Khumbu glacier region, the narrows either side of the Khumbu icefall are leucogranite cliffs beneath the Lhotse Detachment, which ramps down to the east. |
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Moreover, the handling of visas further narrows the bottleneck of border waiting times. |
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It narrows dramatically towards its southern extremity, becoming just 200 m wide before continuing southward in the form of a dyke. |
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That lead narrows as you screen out those who are most likely to vote. |
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The main advance of this design is the integration of the bearing raceway with the hub, which reduces unsprung weight and narrows the overall package width. |
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The canal narrows and becomes shallower anteriorly, terminating at the mandibular symphysis with a height of less than 1 mm and a depth of less than I mm. |
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Seas were smoother within the narrows of the Dardanelles and once the kayakers had rounded the Gallipoli peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly. |
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Under the without child support formula, as the gross income difference between the spouses narrows, spousal support will be reduced. |
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A spindle with cone narrows down the cross section of the opening in the housing, thereby restricting the volume flow to the desired value. |
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After passing Sandy Hook, Hudson and his crew entered the narrows into the Upper New York Bay. |
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Above Langney Sands, the river abruptly narrows to a hundred yards, the sands diminish and the channel occupies the whole of the river. |
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But the principles of necessity and proportionality, which narrows the domain of transmissible data, must be explicitly recalled in the decision and be indicated in the form the national authorities will have to fill out. |
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Intolerance creates a conformist culture and a closed society, which narrows citizens' perceptions of politics and shapes their subsequent behaviour. |
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This result narrows the gap between Norwich and Forest to just one point. |
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Geneva is a lower-lying city than Lausanne and, to make matters worse, the lake narrows here, funnelling water to the point where the Rhône becomes a recognisable river again. |
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Increasing the commercial and competitive element in the financing or delivery of that service narrows the scope of the safeguards and it consequently increases the exposure of the health service to trade law restrictions. |
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If the artery narrows enough, you may feel angina again. |
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As the disease worsens, the field of vision narrows and blindness results. |
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The neoliberal policy promoted as a result widens rather than narrows the gulf between north and south and speeds up the rate at which developing countries fall into poverty and debt. |
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Kyleakin is linked to Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland by the Skye Bridge, which spans the narrows of Loch Alsh. |
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Often, this front narrows into one or more preferred routes termed flyways. |
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Above the waterline, the hull gradually narrows to compensate for the weight of the guns and to make boarding more difficult. |
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Immediately west are Primera Angostura and Segunda Angostura, narrows formed by two terminal moraines of different ages. |
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The river narrows considerably here before flowing under the Bear Mountain Bridge, which connects Westchester and Rockland Counties. |
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West of Warrington the river widens, and then narrows as it passes through the Runcorn Gap between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes, in Halton. |
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The watershed narrows to fine ridge, steep enough on the Ennerdale side and rimmed by crags throughout above the head of Buttermere. |
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The main ridge descends south east from High Raise as the ground between the Rivers Brothay and Rathay gradually narrows to a point at Ambleside. |
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This ridge narrows at either end, giving it the shape of a long upturned boat. |
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North of the summit, the ridge narrows at Smallthwaite Band, before widening again to the summit of Middle Dodd. |
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To the north of Bolton Bridge, the river narrows and goes over waterfalls in an area known as The Strid. |
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The semiconductor grating stabilizes the wavelength and narrows the linewidth of the light emitted by the laser. |
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High-frequency trading adds liquidity, speeds execution and narrows spreads. |
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When the size of the IVF narrows, it is also described as foraminal stenosis. |
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The uterus occupies the pseudocele, rolling upon itself at intervals and extending in the posterior quarter of the body, where it narrows towards fine thin oviducts. |
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The Lyver Pool, a tidal inlet in the narrows of the estuary, which is now largely under the Liverpool One shopping centre, was converted into the enclosed dock. |
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By April, the Academy narrows the field to around twenty candidates. |
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The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 are a cause of traffic delays as the motorway narrows to two lanes in each direction between junctions 25 and 26 to pass through the tunnels. |
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Once the firm narrows down the relevant subset of attorneys by a self-selection process, then the firm's recruiters personally interview the few best matches. |
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It then narrows as it passes between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. |
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Kachinas and Ceremonial Dancers in Zuni Jewelry is a top pick for arts and Native American holdings alike, and narrows its focus to Kachinas and Zuni jewelry. |
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The course of the river then heads north as the estuary narrows between Liverpool and Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula to the west and empties into Liverpool Bay. |
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The course of the river then turns north as the estuary narrows between Liverpool and Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula to the west, and empties into Liverpool Bay. |
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If an infection narrows the duct by scarring, the gland may not be able to empty and a Bartholin's cyst, a painless swelling of the duct, may form. |
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A third of the way into the book, the focus narrows to the evolving role of women in the LCMS and how that story is integrally related to the issues noted above. |
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