| As the aircraft became airborne, the nose wheel, in retracting into its well, pulled the cover from the window. |
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| A loadcrew member failed to properly insert the safing pin prior to retracting the missile's umbilical cable. |
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| I have read all the letters in your column regarding the brakes rubbing and the calipers not retracting. |
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| Her bare feet created a rhythm of their own as she moved all over the floor, lunging and retracting, parrying invisible foes. |
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| This tether prevents the nerve from retracting too far into the stump and keeps it near the center of the developing blastema. |
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| By retracting his confession he lost the opportunity of being considered for parole. |
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| Pushing this button pushes the spring to one side, retracting the pawl from the bit opening. |
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| With a jet propulsion motor, retracting wheels and a speedboat-like hull, the Aquada's makers say it is powerful enough to pull a water-skier. |
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| Among the identical parts are the elevators, landing gear wheels, brakes, retracting mechanism and exhaust collector rings. |
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| These were single-engined, low-winged monoplanes, usually with enclosed cockpits, retracting undercarriages, and a fixed forward firing armament. |
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| Yet retracting a report isn't the same as erasing it from people's memories. |
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| Maybe they noted that pilots had problems maintaining control of the aircraft in some way while retracting the flaps after taking off. |
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| The ratchet lock is an automatic arresting mechanism that locks the retracting cable in predetermined positions. |
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| Quick retracting or extending while thread-cutting to avoid tool breakage when thread-cutting with small radii. |
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| Cutting depth and slope are controlled by advancing and retracting the hydraulic cylinders for adjusting the crawler tracks. |
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| The electrical screens come equipped with an automatic stop for unrolling and retracting. |
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| Canting a keel to port or starboard is a bit like extending or retracting the landing gear on a plane. |
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| An automatic lockable stop fixes cable or hose in place and prevents excessive strain. The stopper also keeps the cable from retracting. |
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| We are making progress and you are gradually retracting, and that is not good. |
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| In September 1995 the Defence Ministry began retracting from all previous orders without exception. |
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| For instance, during the Pleistocene glaciations, the high altitude areas were probably nearer to distinct kinds of open vegetation, while forests were retracting. |
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| Safire calling me a pantywaist for retracting comment in New Yorker about Nigerians being low-life con artists. |
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| Complete with drive motor, however without control panel and photocell for automatically and gradually retracting. |
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| Patrick McSweeney, a former state party chairman, told the Post that Mr McDonnell risks losing votes for retracting his previous views. |
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| After extending or retracting the lighting: pin the lighting using a bolt and secure it using a clip pin. |
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| This caused the handle to be loose and prevented the landing gear handle from positively retracting to the forward position. |
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| For even cultivation, make a habit of occasionally retracting the piston rod. |
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| While the aircraft was turning left for the on-course track, the aircraft flaps were retracting. |
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| Preventing this sector from responding to this demand by retracting funding is both irresponsible and illogical. |
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| The retracting Epail socket disappears almost out of sight into the work or desk top and pops up at the press of a button. |
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| The reel and spring assembly is tested to endure hours of hard use, unrolling and retracting the hose, over and over again. |
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| Without retracting barrel slide, hold barrel slide in position with one hand, push sight slide toward rear of gauge with thumb or other hand. |
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| He flunked the contrition test, retracting only his word choice and larding the statement with attacks on the left. |
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| I am even thinking about retracting my business from them all together. |
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| Once you are left with a clump of string, push a pencil tip through the tiny holes and force it in about half a centimeter, retracting the pencil once a hole has been enlarged in this manner. |
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| Shark tooth clips TT-R are primarily used for quick repair of small tears and cuts in conveyor belts or as an aid for retracting or changing belts. |
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| About 100 feet above ground level, while retracting the landing gear, he saw the flames and immediately started the emergency procedure to shut down the right engine. |
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| The lateral well is used for injection of oxidant and steam, and the injection point can be changed by retracting the injector. |
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| However, iridescence can also be altered by expanding and retracting the chromatophores above the iridophores. |
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| Hence the idle time spent in positioning and retracting the tool is avoided. |
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| Each of the two main landing gear consists of an inward retracting leg structure with two wheels and tires, one wheel on each side of the landing gear leg. |
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| The radiographers particularly like the feature of the column retracting when driving to allow good visibility. |
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| If the strap passes through a guide or pulley, the retracting force shall be measured in the free length between the manikin and the guide or pulley. |
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| Despite later retracting the claim, the sum has been widely reported even though it has never been substantiated. |
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| Hearings over whether Mr Pikoli should keep his job began this week and could reveal embarrassing details. But the Scorpions may already be retracting their stings. |
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| AbbVie, the American pharmaceutical company stalking London-listed rival Shire, has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown, retracting its claim that it is winning the argument for a takeover. |
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| The period for retracting consent is set at about one or two months. |
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| Apart from that a hydraulic retracting and braking system was provided, because the railway bridge had to be launched under a downward slope with a level difference of 2 metres. |
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| Nick Giordana, International Trade Counsel with NPPC, said at a time when the U. S. hog industry was retracting, the Canadian industry was in expansion mode. |
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