He dived into the water and hit a sandbank and was rendered a quadriplegic. |
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Rick would howl, and then rapidly half-wade, half-swim down the penumbral corridor and stumble up onto the next sandbank, laughing. |
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My first meeting with a jaguar took place one misty morning on a sandbank in northern Brazil, where I was trying to film giant expansa terrapins. |
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He claims the construction of a pier led directly to the formation to the sandbank in a designated safe swimming area. |
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For a moment, I envisage us grating across a coral reef, or running aground on a sandbank. |
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The sandbank area could accommodate up to 200 turbine bases, and the construction project will create an anticipated 420 new jobs. |
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The government of the day ignored the findings and instead chose an unstable sandbank in the outer reaches of the Thames estuary. |
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What is the impact of the growing sandbank on the recreational use of the beach? |
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Later that afternoon, the old guy settles himself comfortably on his back porch, looking downrange proudly at the targets on the sandbank 50 yards away. |
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The new constituency would stretch from Port Isaac bay in Cornwall to Bideford bar, a sandbank in the Taw-Torridge estuary in Devon. |
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The sandbank stands metaphorically for an individual problem in the company, which needs to be solved before stock can be a reduced. |
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On 29 January 1975 at 12:30 pm, the oil tanker Jakob Maersk hit a sandbank while trying to enter the harbour. |
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This involved considerable dredging operations and the raising of a sandbank called the Geiseplaat above sea level. |
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The wind farm, which will have 7 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW, is located in the Irish Sea on a sandbank south of Dublin. |
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Coral plate, with an enormous sandbank, this site is ideal for dive training. |
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The Barachois is a term used to describe a coastal lagoon, separated the ocean by a sandbank. |
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The growing sandbank is creating great concerns within the municipality of Knokke-Heist. |
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In fact, many people, including myself, don't know how the sandbank in the area was created, and about its great influence upon the geology and tidal patterns of the region. |
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A sandbank off the coast of Venice is unlikely to suffice. |
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In the autumn of 1724, seeing some soldiers in danger of drowning from a ship aground on a sandbank in the Gulf of Finland, he characteristically plunged himself into the icy water to help them. |
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When a ship goes aground on rocks or a sandbank, the first things the subsequent board of inquiry needs to know are who was in charge of the ship at the time and what was the purpose and direction of the voyage. |
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The light-ships were first given a provisional identity, a running number given by the yard in order of construction, while the ship was waiting to be given the name of the sandbank it was to protect. |
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The other project is a follow-up to an initiative already supported by the Foundation in 2004 to protect the Portneuf sandbank by improving management of recreational activities in the area. |
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Named viceroy of New France, the Marquis de la Roche-Mesgouez did not venture to land in person on this windswept sandbank barely rising above the tides. |
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But this has little impact when you cross a sandbank or a shallow. |
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If we missed stays and failed to tack we would sag off to leeward, onto the sandbank. |
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In a large sandbank, full board bivouac accommodation. |
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Plan your most unforgettable destination wedding ceremony or renew your vows in the extraordinary setting of the island's beach or its sandbank or even in our signature Lighthouse Lounge. |
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The proximity of the fearsome sandbank of Portugalete fostered the creation of a large group of pilots who ensured the safe crossing of the harbour during low tide. |
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It may stand motionless in the shallows, or on a rock or sandbank beside the water, waiting for prey to come within striking distance. |
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But Sofala's harbor was marred by a long moving sandbank and hazardous shoals, making it quite unsuitable as a stop for the India armadas. |
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The name is derived from Oddrgrimir meaning the son of Grimm and is linked to the Old Norse word melr meaning sandbank. |
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A CAR carrier which became stranded on a sandbank near to a busy shipping lane has refloated on the high tide and is being towed to a holding position. |
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Taylor's Bank is a large sandbank extending out to sea on the north side of the channel entrance to the river on which many ships have come to grief over the years. |
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Robertson's Yard at Sandbank, a village on the loch, was a major wooden boat building company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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Robertson's Yard started repairing boats in a small workshop at Sandbank in 1876, and went on to become one of the foremost wooden boat builders on the Clyde. |
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