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Sentence Examples Looking to the stern I could see a big white water rooster tail created by the power of the outboard motors as they took us further offshore. The head mistress looked very warm and welcoming, although stern and strict too. In the dawn light, Byron yawned and walked towards the stern where Hurio was steering the small fishing craft. They looked up to see her looming over them, with a stern expression written all over her face. The stern is beginning to split from the aft part of the wreck and is falling to starboard. But I'm not made of such stern stuff and to fortify me for the festivities I'm off to my hotel for a few hours' kip. They're clones, all wearing similar long jackets, all with the same stern face and chilling stare. If even animals can't feel welcome and at home in Caledonia stern and wild, what price people? At the prompting of their stern but affectionate father, the boys manage to make peace with their new schoolmates. The American flag flew proudly from the stern flagstaff, and Mackenzie just watched it flutter in the breeze. It was a blur of revolving red lights on idling cars, and stern blue-uniformed men, and flashcubes popping everywhere. The 27m flight deck at the stern of the ship has a landing grid equipped with a RAST system. The ship has a flight deck at the stern with a single landing spot for the helicopter. But even the brightest of its terraces are admonished for their flightiness by stern brick churches. Police yesterday issued a stern warning that no intimidation of workers would be tolerated at the plant today. I've delivered her a stern rebuke and promised I'll be back to conduct regular inspections. Two sloops next to each other might have to move one boat bow in and the other stern in, for example. Like the cry of a pack of sleuth-hounds in the ear of the timid deer came these stern demands to Edward the king. But the boat was sinking fast and when the stern went under, a rush of air pushed four people out of the cabin. Not before long he heard a sharp rap on the door, and a stern voice telling him no doors were to be locked in that family. Show More Sentences The second attempt was made by running in from the stern and passing close down the weather side. The stern expression he wore did little to calm her already stretched nerves. A heavy skiff is launched off the seiner's stern to anchor its enormous net. They are installed two on the stern deck and one each on the port and starboard side of the flight deck. He is portly and stern and looks at his watch a lot and Thomas and his pals are a bit frightened of him, but he gets results. The American family quickly learns that Yoko is in some sort of conflict with her parents, especially her stern father. The shaft continues towards the stern through couplings and bearings, before disappearing beneath some hull plates. Once the bow has been pushed away from the dock, cast off stern spring, brace around foreyards on a starboard tack. Right at the stern the steering quadrant is intact and still attached to the rudder shaft. The stern and formulaic rules of American news reporting make scepticism difficult to express. The stern of the boat crackled and crumbled, finally breaking off and falling with an enormous splash into the ocean. Above the stern a large steering quadrant is still attached to the rudder post. The visitors, who have clocked up 77 successive league wins, were given a stern test across all departments. She is 60 ft long and sleeps 10-four in the bow, four in the stern and two in the waist of the ship. The men had tacked up a navy blue material to act as curtains over the stern windows. The ladies sat at the stern of each boat to cheer their rowers on, waving handkerchiefs and laughing gaily at the sport. From the engine block the propshaft is clearly visible, and provides a quick route to the stern section, which now lies on its side. Used to larger wrecks, I was unsure if this was once the propshaft, which would imply that the submarine was oriented stern towards the shore. A handsome young man, perhaps a year or two older than me, stood at the stern of an Italian gondola made of a rich, dark wood. To complete my journey, first to Naa, then to Tebua, I travel with Nakibae Teuatabo's son Kabiea, who sits in the stern of our skiff. Show More Sentences And it delivered not one but two stern rebukes to states over what justices considered unfair procedures for sentencing people to death. Her stern face dimpled into a sunny smile, thinking that Maria and Will were engaged. An older me should have taken a younger me aside years ago and had a stern few words in a dark corner of a dingy bar. He played the fish around the stern and reached for the long-handled dip net. We came out through a hatch onto the stern deck, next to the main winch from which ropes and netting seemed to disappear in all directions. The stern grey walls of the city were silhouetted against the flaming sky as the sun set. The Hoveringham has one long unbroken hold before a stern mast and small wheelhouse at the stern. They are not the ordinances of a stern and distant judge but the loving gift of the bridegroom to his beloved. The stern and wild leitmotif was underlined with a hefty and very pleasant fruit dumpling in butterscotch sauce to finish. Unfortunately, she is also quite unattractively photographed at times and needs to have a stern word with the cameraman. Yesterday, I asked my man-servant to bring forth the telephone-device, so that I could give my idiot spendthrift son a stern dressing-down. On the most advanced models, troops used a stern ramp to exit the amphtrac, giving them extra moments before exposure to enemy small arms fire. At the stern a large deckhouse containing cabins has collapsed, the steel roof now resting between the stern deck and the seabed. The remains of a deckhouse above the stern and a sturdy post are actually the base of a small gun-mount. One might view Interiors as a stern rebuke for a life both unappreciated and without any sense of self-sufficiency. And yet, you feel, he is unhappy with the popular image of him as a morose and stern man. You also might know that he was a defender of orthodoxy in a turbulent time and a stern moralist. Three mooring buoys at her bow and stern make it easy to find your way up and down. In the dim light of moonbeams streaming through the stern windows, she caught the sparkle of a wet streak on his cheek. The stern rests on its port side, propeller with bent blades and railing curving up. Show More Sentences He cranked the engine, cast off the bow and stern lines, and moved quickly out of the harbor. A businessman in a suit, jutting jaw and stern posture, is at the head of the table. Many cast a line off the stern door at night to fish, sometimes not that successfully. Unlike the other sections, the stern was much battered, showing steel ribs extending up from the keel to around a metre in height. He gets a stern ticking-off from the referee, but is lucky to escape without a booking. He is a physically imposing man, tall and big-boned, who looks as earnest and stern as a Presbyterian minister. The very large outboard engine weighed down the stern and waves were lapping over the transom. A referee might start the game off in stern fashion, brandishing yellow cards left, right and centre. The table itself was yellow pine, a stern piece of furniture Rodgers had once hoped to extend with leaves and move into the dining room. Flooding of the docking area is achieved by ballasting the stern of the ship, allowing the landing craft to float. In addition to innumerable stern remonstrances, his soliloquy is laced with screaming fits of anger. In a final excerpt, the merchant issues a stern warning to his fellow countrymen. His father's stern expression melts away, and a smile forms on his face too. I noticed that in less than a minute afterward, his corpse had all the stern rigidity of stone. He took a libertarian line on drug supply, but had rather stern views on consumption. The Confederate frigate Halberd swung a wide arc around the freighter's stern and approached her docking port from aft. Her stern face glowers down on them from buses, billboards and magazine advertisements. For example, the midget submarine sunk by the USS Ward had the wrong bow and stern structure. At the moment, though, the normally benign Morris has fallen into a stern mood. I followed sailors from both countries as tours were given from stem to stern on board HMS Portland. Show More Sentences On this first dive we wanted to do a general sweep from stem to stern to assess the wreck's condition. Divers disperse about the boat, toasting on the sun deck, snoozing in the shade, chatting to the crew as they fish off the stern with handlines. By the end of the day, I was full as a tick and red from stem to stern with barbecue sauce, watermelon, and sunburn. Morton stands at the stern of her boat, dip net poised, waiting for two pink salmon smolts to swim within striking distance. The stern ramp was deliberately left open for access, but all external hull doors were secured closed. The village was full of stern men in indigo robes, swathed in scarves against the cold and riding small donkeys. The ship has a bow and a stern ramp for fast landing of troops and combat material. Her perfectly chiselled face and perfectly sculptured nose and almond-shaped eyes, although in a stern look, exuded beauty at its best. She would get up at 3 AM in the morning and clean the house from stem to stern on a school night keeping all of us awake. I managed one kick and had to hang on to the stern before hauling myself back into the stroke seat. The manicurist was going to ask who Daryl was, but decided not to once she saw the stern look on Marie's face. Coracles are paddled, or more correctly sculled, not to the stern but rather toward the bow using a figure-eight stroke. She embarrassed Walter and Calpurnia called her into the kitchen and gave her a stern talking-to. In one episode, normally sweet-natured Aunt Bee has to give him a stern talking-to for being hypocritical and caught up in appearances. I didn't know what he was offering to do, but I knew it didn't involve giving Jason a stern talking-to. Over the stern the rudder rests folded towards the seabed at 30m, but the propeller was salvaged soon after the ship went down. Beneath her stern countenance, Asma Jahangir is a mellow person with extremely unpretentious and simple likes and dislikes. There is a large saloon and four cabins for the eight guests, beamy decks for relaxing topsides and a good-sized stern dive platform. Gone are the days when China's media would issue stern warnings against Western habits imported by the running dogs of capitalism. The vertical rudder jams, and the stern diving planes cannot be controlled. Show More Sentences The vessel is fitted with two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders and has bow and stern thrusters. The construction is stone resembling brick in shape, giving a less stern appearance than ashlaring would have done in such a massive building. They will no doubt receive a stern lecture on the wickedness of their ways. Doremi was at the stern of a large ship that yawed back and forth as it sailed through a storm-tossed sea. The system is complemented by a set of midship stabilising fins and stern stabilising flaps to control the pitch and roll of the ship. The wreck is spread out before me like a filleted mackerel, bow and stern intact with the midships opened up. When I dived the Borgny, an old trawl net was draped round the stern along the seabed. Sitting on the stern of the skiff I swung my legs into the boat then made myself comfortable in one of the padded seats. In ships not having a rudder post or rudder stock, measure to the aftermost part of the stern or transom. The thief had apparently let the stern anchor go and had marked it with a buoy, giving the impression that the boat would be back shortly. The stern is intact, though canted over to lie on its starboard side, like the rest of the wreck. The stern deck itself has a big capstan in the centre, with pairs of small bollards on either side. Her mother was a good cook and her father wasn't the stern disciplinarian he expected. All are stern judges and they expect others to be as serious about everything as they are. But, behind a somewhat stern exterior, Brian was a modest and very likeable man. For those who expect a stern teacher and a serious photographer, he is a bundle of surprise. I felt as if I were back in school and under the eye of a very stern teacher. She wiped her hands on her once-white apron before putting them on her hips in a stern manner. The bow and stern are still intact, with amidships broken down to the keel and the wheelhouse upside-down just off the stern. At her stern are the Carley floats and a large deck cargo which lies under tarpaulins. Show More Sentences These had rounded hulls and strakes gathered into the upper end of the latter and not, as in a cog, ending at the stem and stern posts. His deep, stern voice cut through the honeyed tones of self-congratulation. Of course, these stern warnings only make sense in light of what was announced and celebrated on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays. The retractable masts viewed from bow to stern are the periscopes, radar antennae, radio and satellite communications and navigation masts. King Sila was a hard, stern man with cold blue eyes and dark hair, flecked with grey. She was tall, had a stern face and piggy little eyes, and was wearing a pink plastic mac. Off to one side, an intact 12-pounder stern gun lies on one side, still fixed to its pintle. Suddenly, without warning, the bow sank deeper, causing the stern to rear up, and she dived to the sea bed with her conning tower open. The foremast had broken and sloped down to the seabed, but the funnel still stood and the wooden planking of the stern deck was intact and clean. We descend directly to the stern at 30m and gravitate immediately to the impressive 3m propeller. Your inspection may show that the sidelights, the white stern light and the white maneuvering light are all in order. They all ensorcell us, holding us still while a conjurer picks our pockets and makes off with our stern convictions and principles. But Steinitz had particularly stern words for Abbas, whom he referred to by his nom de guerre, Abu Mazen. These patches of excessive wear were in way of the drag hoist pulleys that were mounted on the stern A-frame. Unlike the almsgivers of past times to whom suffering was suffering and to be alleviated however it had been incurred, these men are stern moralists. The Queen gazed long at Estelle and then dismissed her with stern words. About 30 per cent of the total traps at the stern were situated higher than the deckhouse top, rather than low in the empty hold. There are stern mother superiors, innocent novitiates, jolly sisters. We both ended up hearing a stern lecture from the police chief. The woman who, about half hour ago had been hard, stern and rather austere was now so offhand and casual that Miette suspected a stand-in had been found while she napped. Show More Sentences The unbending Presbyterian Scots, refusing to set foot in a pub, retaliated by building the stern little post office that still stands on the opposite corner. The front gun, conning tower and all of the stern of the U boat were visible as we passed over. Many of the island's inhabitants, who share only a handful of surnames, espouse stern Baptist beliefs, one of which is that dancing is the devil's work. He looked like a dour, stern man and had a rather ominous air about him. One could easily picture her sympathetically tending grazed knees in the playground, while, the next minute, dishing out stern tellings-off in her office. He is stern at first, then becomes kindly, charming, mischievous. But she was stern in demeanor and normally carried a serious face. Lying in 20 metres of water she is perfect from stem to stern with the exception of her superstructure which has been wiped from the upper deck in its entirety. In 1977 Schmitt joined the staff of stern as a press photographer and spent six years as its accredited photographer in East Berlin. Her growing rapport with the von Trapp children, coupled with her generosity and spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain and they are soon married. Almost at the stern a small rudder post is visible, then a cylindrical hole running back along the centre line of the hull is the stern torpedo tube. At twenty-five metres from stem to stern it wasn't a small vessel. Then, on the pier near the stern of the USNS Bob Hope, the 50-year-old Petraeus gets into a bantering exchange with a 19-year-old private first class. Once inside, immediately in front of the raised stern cabin, a large winch has fallen on one end and rests almost vertically on the centre line of the ship. Standing near the transom opening, all six men donned their gear, including heavy weight belts and tanks, which caused the stern to submerge below the waterline. Vehicles had access to Deck 3 by way of the stern or the bow doors and ramps. Hatches are intact, periscope housings in place, propeller-shafts and control rods stick out of the stern alongside intact hydroplanes and rudder. That may be a tad stern morally when taken out of context, but linguistically it's right on the button. Vehicles and troops would land over the ramp, while amphibious craft in the tank deck would disembark from stern gates. They do have elaborate prow and stern carvings, and a number of carved figures representing water spirits sit in the body of the canoe. Show More Sentences Although most fleet Kingfishers were catapulted from the fantails of battleships and cruisers, the Navy also tried mounting them on the stern of destroyers. Passages in archaically stern counterpoint sit alongside the most modern, even chivalrous arias. The stern of the Febrero must have come to rest on this rock, as the propshaft sticks out to the south through a gully that splits the rock into two pinnacles. The intensity of the man, too stern to be sleepy, had an obvious impact on the public. Humphreys turned to Rush for preliminary designs for all the figureheads and stern carvings, and for a list of carvers who could accomplish the work in a timely fashion. The operation went as planned, small sections of the hull plating remained connected to the stern section but this did not prove any problem. He has been our city father, stern and a little distant but reassuring — our Daddy Peacebucks. When the vessel was about halfway to Maces Bay, one of the drags was deployed over the stern and the cable run out on the winch. Crew members man-handled a liferaft down one deck, launched it over the stern and secured its painter to the poop deck rail. It had special communications and surveillance gear, however, as well as secret double doors in the stern that allowed a fast, semi-submersible boat to launch and recover. Self-realized masters can get stern and even appear angry if a disciple openly manifests some undesirable character trait. The sugar scoop stern can accommodate the tender and diving equipment so that they are close to hand. It was a stern bolt of solitude and just the right counteractive force, which Mr. Wooley must have known. After the stern cleared the danger, the pilot decided to carry on with the original plan. As I made my way over the side to view the stern and see where the propeller had been at 24m, a large grouper, a real wreckfish, discreetly slipped away. Whoever praised Frederick within the borders of his realm did so from necessity, to evade the indignation of a prince who wreaked stern vengeance upon every foe. We got punished for our dewy avidity by stern stuff that, for all its pug-nacity, hardly laid a glove on the enemies of truth and justice. An additional centreline pontoon at the stern housed the engine, and the fuel, freshwater, and sewage tanks. Months later, many are still surprised, at the state's stern monetary and fiscal policies and with the populist, old-style welfarism of its campaign against hunger. She is a natural listener and it is easy to imagine her in a white coat with a stethoscope in her pocket, dispensing sympathy and stern wisdom at the bedside. Show More Sentences I did not even have time to get out of the door before a man in a white shirt full of shoulder pips and a stern look on his face appeared to warn me off taking action. I tried to explain my doubtless feeble joke, but my critic was having none of it, delivering her rebuke and, having had her stern say, ringing off. Pacific white-sided dolphins are eager surfers and seldom pass up a chance to ride a bow or stern wave. The first ship and its consorts attacked from the port stern and slightly below, and the second ship and its consorts attacked from the starboard bow and slightly above. The waves raised the stern platform that we would have to climb onto well out of the water before it crashing it back down beneath the surface. Braced against the thwart, I hang my paddle far over the left gunwale and suck the stern toward it, and the edge of the table rock whisks by our port side. We cut through open remains of stern cabins, the galley and engine room, working up to the wheelhouse, where a large grouper lurks behind the remains of the steering binnacle. The tug attempted to connect a towline, stern to stern, but the Coral Trader was moving slowly ahead along the side of the wharf. It has a flight deck, stern gate, a well deck that can ballast down to launch landing craft and a vast vehicle stowage area for AAAVs, trucks or tanks. A stern telling off for people who gossip about the misfortunes of others from Kirsten Dunst. The entire stern section of the wreck is tilted aft and to starboard. At the stern I play tag with a cautious batfish but fail to get close. Cautioning the helper to remain forward, the operator proceeded over the fish crates towards the stern with the intent of bailing water. The heart-wrenching transmutation of a once calm but stern voice into an almost bird-like cry of despair infected the surrounding cages like an air-borne virus. The first one would be like a first draft of a Progressive Democrat conference keynote speech, and the second is like a homily from a stern and admonishing bishop. The vessel was anchored, but the stern of the vessel hit a rocky outcrop, approximately 1 nautical mile south of Couarde sur mer. If you move the bow out first, watch that the stern of the boat does not swing into the dock or a piling. The vessel then partially righted in a flooded condition and sank stern first. There appeared to be a hairline crack in the casing of a relief valve between the air compressor and the air storage tank at the stern engine. The miscreant was traced and brought round for a stern talking to. Show More Sentences Like the stern accommodation, the ceilings have gone but the walls are partially intact, with circular openings left where portholes have been removed. At times the game got a little tetchy but the official simply spoke in a stern fashion to the players rather than displaying cards left right and centre. Any official found guilty of employing torture have been made subject to stern departmental action. At the bow and stern are two platforms that serve as helicopter pads. He quelled her with a stern glance before turning back to the judges. Suddenly, and due to a momentary lapse in concentration, I too lost my footing and was swept into the stern locker, just as its lid was conveniently lifted by the water. This had enabled the crew to reach the fo'c's'le, bridge and engine room in the stern area, because when fully laden in heavy seas the San T's deck would have been awash. Those of the crew not gathered at the stern held on for dear life to whatever they could or scrambled to the front of the forecastle to brace against it. He rose to his feet, slowly trailing behind the stern headmaster. The party's assumption is that pastoral clergymen would be more lenient and accommodating than the stern and remote rabbinical judges. One recent weekday, they had on the ice at Hallock's Bay the Jack Frost, a large wooden stern steerer with a heavy crossbeam. Swimming forward of the bridge, the wreckage resembles that of the stern decks, except that the anchor machinery and forward masts have fallen to the seabed. And who among us knew that one of the tasks of a royal footman is not merely to stand about the place with a stern gaze and assorted frippery on his head? She had no need for magic arts and charms given her barge with gilded stern and soaring purple sails. The stern anchor is easy to bring up but when fishing from a boat with a cabin or cuddy it can be a little difficult to retrieve the front anchor. The latter is after all a stern critic of positivism and scientism. At four knots, you can briskly walk bow to stern along the deck, and keep pace with the ice as the ship steams past it. Her remains include the bows and midships section in 20-25m, while her stern lies a little off the main reef in 50-55m and is consequently rarely dived. As ballet master in chief for Cincinnati Ballet since 2003, he is treasured for his thoughtful classes, clear observations, stern yet supportive nature, and sense of fun. It gave us a stern warning that democracy would be in dire straits if this trend were allowed to proceed. Show More Sentences The galleass was a larger, heavier form of galley, with three masts and often with a raised, protected platform at the stern and bow from which cannon were fired. In one, she resembles a gamine, androgynous youth, in another, a stern master of the house, and in yet another, she wears the resigned expression of a harried housewife. Around the sun deck at the stern there is a sturdy Niro-railing, the gangboards on either side and at the bow have a small brim so that you won't skid. But at the end of the day, as a governor, you have to be stern and there are decisions you have to make. The Saguenay had been hit by a freighter while in a convoy and her depth charges broke loose and blew most of the stern away. At the stern the two propshafts, keel and rudder are covered in anemones, fed by the strong current that whips around the end of the wreck when the tide is running. The readings on a recent Sunday deliver a stern message about fornication, and worshippers recite the familiar, lengthy prayers of the Mass. Portrayed in seventeenth-century dress, the central figures are richly picked out in colourful threads of satin and stern stitch with couched silk and purl. I like to end columns with a potential policy fix, some kind of suggested action, or at least a stern finger-wagging. She yelled that the province of P. E. I. was a hellhole and that she was working her stern off, as we say in the province, for those people. It will be a TACK if you turn the bow of the boat through the eye of the wind, and it will be a JIBE if you turn the stern through the eye of the wind. I had an image of a grim, gloomy hospital with stern faced staff. And as this was going on, I lost my big gennaker, which had been attached at the stern with the genoa. Yet, with their stern concern for purity, the Montanists were not unloving. The door had too appear impossible to open by force, offering a stern and battered look to visitors. Meanwhile, the vessel's stern began to pound on the bottom, forcing the other crew members to abandon ship a short time later. After a stern media backlash, Dunham decided to pay her opening acts and, predictably, all was forgiven. Another is to shape the vessel's stern in a way that stops air being sucked into the propeller, where it would reduce thrust by lessening the propeller's grip on the water. This is a revealing passage, for van Helsing is the stern realist, the guiding hand directing the antivampire confederacy. The stern tube contains the propeller shaft where it passes through the hull structure. Show More Sentences The combination of hull and stern tube must avoid any flexing that will bend the shaft or cause uneven wear. In other instances a long bush of soft metal was fitted in the after end of the stern tube. A stern and austere man, Fisher was known to place a human skull on the altar during mass and on the table during meals. The tide was full and the dingey was off keel. The punt nosed the pebbly slope like a terrier, but her stern swung clear. Water quickly rushed through the defeated cruiser, eventually drowning her boilers and forcing her down by the stern to the bottom. If the rower is to carry a passenger at the stern then the boat will be stern heavy and trim will be incorrect. Their trim can be altered by using a plastic container of water attached to a rope that can be moved to the bow or stern as need be. The truth is a very stern taskmistress, and I can't adhere to it. Underpinning modernism was a stern sense of morality. The sub is rolled under the massive A-frame at the stern of the research vessel Atlantis. As we know, war is a stern teacher, and in depriving us of the power to satisfy our daily needs and desires our morals gravitate toward the situation in which we find ourselves. When the crew lifted the first catch on to the stern ramp at about 0830, they felt that the drum winch was not taking the weight as it was an exceptionally heavy catch. For extra measure Mr. Zimerman issued his stern warning. When the steering failure caused the rudder to go hard-to-starboard, the Salvor's stern moved unchecked to port until it was fetched up by the starboard face wire and chain, causing the chain to fail. But there is something stern about him that forbids sappiness. At about 1815 a large cresting wave came over the bow and in conjunction with water spilling over the stern quarters when the vessel dipped between the waves, the actions filled the vessel almost to the gunwales aft. But Afghan-watchers have been issuing stern warnings against the assumption that everyone's problems will be over as soon as anti-Taliban forces reoccupy the capital. The remark drew a stern rebuke from Erdoğan, who reminded the leader that it was Turkey that bankrolled the breakaway republic and guaranteed its security through the presence of some 35,000 mainland troops. Unhappy at his side's 1-0 defeat to United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Honduras coach Emilio Umanzor locked his side in the dressing room after the final whistle and issued them with a stern telling-off. With Czech Republic and Slovenia also harbouring ambitions of wresting top spot away, Worthington's side can be assured of a stern test of their character and resolve before this race reaches its conclusion. Show More Sentences For the past 15 years, Sherry Von Riesen, a 66-year-old, 4-foot-11 blonde with a taste for jingly jewelry, cookies and the occasional stern word, has lived on campus alongside hundreds of Olympic hopefuls. The master moved the stern of the pilot boat away from the bulk carrier's side, and then the accommodation ladder was lowered to within 30 cm of the after deck. One starry, very romantic evening, I was standing with a girl towards the stern of the ship, stargazing as one does when one is 21 years old, when a stern porthole opened and all the ship's waste was thrown out into the sea. Machine Support also specialises in geometric alignments such as measuring the line bore of diesel engines and measuring the straightness of stern tubes onboard marine vessels. Plan A called for foot passengers and passengers with vehicles on deck 1 to walk off using the starboard gangway, and for passengers with vehicles on deck 3 to drive off the vessel through the stern ramp. Almost frantic with grief, the chief raised up the dead body, conveyed it to his canoe, and recrossing the river, hastened to his wigwam, with the stern determination of sacrificing his prisoner to the manes of the deceased. This wire will not be placed on the bollard until the spotter has completed the spotting and has started to proceed towards the stern of the vessel to monitor placement of the stern wires. The stunning seamanship required, notably in anchoring by the stern in order to come to a halt opposite the French ships, was a measure of the trust in which he held his officers and men. Turbulence from the tanker's propeller prevented the tug's stern from closing quickly enough to pass a connecting towline, but it was eventually secured. The generally accepted strategy to alleviate the risk of capsizing is to either slack the towline, or reposition it such that the pull is over the stern of the tug. Their stern and cheerless teacher now sees a party everywhere. Thompson plays the title character, a stern woman with a bulbous nose, a pair of hairy warts and a pronounced snaggletooth. A diving inspection revealed that the ship was resting on a mud, gravel, and rock bottom, the stern frame skeg was resting on boulders, and the rudder was clear. Oddie and Packham are not advocating a return to 1940s childhoods, but people are bound to make comparisons with the stern headmistress of the Enid Blyton school. She was a tiny woman, stern and unsmiling, who smelled strongly of peppermints and the camphor of moth balls. The M. B. D. 32 was connected to the stern of the McKenzie with two synthetic-rope couplers, each approximately 7 m long, 80 mm in diameter, and with a spliced eye at each end. The president also moderated the secretary's dispatches and relied on his mild-mannered yet stern minister to England, Charles Francis Adams, to resolve other problems. The pennant at each door is used to transfer the sweep lines and net from the trawl doors for independent hauling of the net on deck via the stern ramp. Ignition-protected equipment for petrol inboard and stern drive engines. The ships of the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and early Romans were constructed with heavy vertical timbers at the bow and stern to which the side planking was attached. Show More Sentences Additional time was taken to ensure the stern section was cut as level as practically possible so as to minimise the risk of any of the section snagging on the breakwater. The crew started shovelling the herring over the side, but another wave lifted the stern and the vessel broached, shipping more water over the starboard bulwark. The end came to our scheme when some of our officers smashed into the stern of the Sackville only to overgear and burn up the engine of the launch. Two reassuringly stern yet affable psychiatrists in suits – Dr Florian Ruths and Dr Stirling Moorey – faced 20 or so of us, and guided us through a series of exercises. The hearing was then moved into a larger venue, where court police kept a close eye on journalists trying to use their mobile phones – which is against the rules – and issued stern threats that they would be confiscated. There were areas of rot and the stern was missing. Initially, the ship's officers were of the opinion that the oil in the water at the stern of the ship had leaked from the ship's stern tube seals. Angular eyebrows portray elegant and stern looks. Most of the existing roads in Zambia's remote We stern Province are unpaved earth tracks that become flooded during the rainy season, leaving large areas inaccessible. At its stern is the fog signal building, powerhouse for the manually operated diaphones once used at the station. Then the sails on the mainmast were backing and we started getting stern way. Eagle was caught aback. Relaxing the stern Ansible rule of omitting mere egoboo, here's a selection from the 'Gosh, isn't 300 a shiny round number' postbag. Once enknitted into the stern fibre that ran through all her moods, it sought fields of operation. I was so serious that I probably offended a lot of people who didn't appreciate my stern attitude and hyperdisciplined approach. Some early stern tubes were made of brass and operated as a water lubricated bearing along the entire length. There was a wave of slackness, and young men preferred to remain lob-lolly lesser Hindus than to follow their fathers' stern creed. But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze. It is interesting to note that its composition includes a small boy trailing a toy boat from the stern of a boat. The consensus among biographers of Britten is that his father was a loving but somewhat stern and remote parent. But when we delivered our own stern warning to the three aggressors, they knew we weren't playing games with public opinion. Find more words! 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