| They rather resemble high-rise apartment blocks tipped on their sides, with a hull bolted on to the underside. |
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| He strode forward from deep within his own half before unleashing a 30-yard piledriver that the goalkeeper acrobatically tipped over the bar. |
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| Tann weighed in for the bout at 230 pounds while Gavern tipped the scales at 223 pounds. |
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| I froze, my lips pursed above my drink, the mug tipped at a dangerously acute angle, not really believing what I was seeing. |
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| To simulate the effects of weightlessness, women must lie in beds tipped at an angle of six degrees. |
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| In some chitons, the radula has teeth tipped with magnetite, which hardens them. |
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| Just before they are about to pull a major swindle, Rockwell appears wearing an absurd Stetson tipped rakishly forward over his eyes. |
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| Ridenour tipped his head back slightly, like a wine connoisseur searching for the mot juste. |
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| When the seat back is tipped forward to allow access to the rear, the headrest whirrs down into its lowest position. |
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| Worm tipped off with razorfish splints down each side and bound with elastic thread is a cracking bait. |
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| The Walton whizz-kid, tipped to be the most talented on the UK skate scene, was talent-spotted at the resort's skatepark three years ago. |
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| It was made perfectly clear that money will not be tipped onto a table for the town to spend willy-nilly on pet projects. |
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| I suppose it's fitting that I rant about religion on Easter Sunday, but this wound me up, and then Steve tipped me over the edge. |
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| But their celebrations hadn't long started, when police, tipped off by school staff, raided the party and seized lager, beer, vodka and alcopops. |
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| Judged on her two runs this term she has lost none of her sparkle, and she has been tipped by all and sundry for today's big race. |
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| A far darker self-portrait renders the artist in profile, his head tipped as though to study a mass of papers or a book held in his hands. |
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| Walking to larboard, he tipped the bucket over watching the crab sail down the side of Indefatigable, back from whence it came. |
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| Originally known as Black Leghorns, Anconas have lustrous black feathers, some tipped with white, giving a beautiful mottled appearance. |
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| The Ancona's feathers are black, some being tipped white, giving the bird a pretty mottled appearance. |
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| Tea has also been tipped as an anti-ageing drink because it contains antioxidants. |
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| If he did approach publishers with the manuscript, a lot of people could have tipped off the paper. |
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| I was tipped off on their chopped liver by a fellow food enthusiast, and had to buy some when I walked by the store yesterday. |
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| When he was lowered to the ground, his box was tipped on its side to enable an emotional Blaine to stagger out wrapped in a rug. |
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| For the bigger fish, try peeler crab tipped off with a tiny square section of mackerel or squid, or lugworm with a tippet of mackerel or squid. |
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| He has not had to do that because the teenager sails through life on an even keel, barely tipped in either direction by success or failure. |
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| When the jet reached Manchester Airport, the aircraft's wings were tipped in salute to its new home before circling and touching down. |
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| She tipped her sunglasses and looked at me sternly from the pool deck where she was tanning. |
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| On the right side of the road was a truck tipped over that was carrying soda. |
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| So my mother babbled some more nonsensical apologies, paid the bill, tipped the waiter, gave me a quick hug, and went dashing off. |
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| When I tipped my head back, I saw the hawk buckle its wings and plummet behind the trees. |
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| Incidentally I've tipped off the Head Offices of such shops telling them their manageresses are no good, but nothing gets done. |
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| Subtly impressive was the beautifully banded agate Mughal fly whisk handle, tipped with a garnet on an amber collar and inset with emeralds. |
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| The PR guy said she was tipped as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of her generation. |
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| She picked up her hunter's bow and the quiver of poison tipped arrows, and slung them around her shoulder. |
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| They share second place jointly with Doncaster, who were tipped off the top by Sheffield United. |
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| We tipped the matrix of quartz on microcline and cleavelandite to remove the crystal, no easy job in the confined space of the pocket. |
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| In a mechanical motion, Adam tipped the bottles over the glasses and a steady stream of foamy beer poured into them. |
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| What tipped the scale in Thorpe's favor were his sterling performances in major international meets. |
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| It is the council which allowed rubble to be tipped there, it is the council which has never cleaned or tidied it. |
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| Nectar feeding species are small and have long muzzles and extremely long tongues tipped with a brush-like structure. |
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| Forests covered the planet with natural formations of mighty mountains tipped with snow. |
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| Changing into my animal form I run on all four paws as a white wolf with black tipped ears and a stripe going down each cheek. |
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| She tipped her eyelashes with red mascara and used her own not permanent hair dye to add red streaks to her hair. |
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| At one point Brendan's sled tipped over and he fell into the snow and no one bothered to help him up. |
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| It tipped over backwards and smashed a frosted window to pieces, one of which glass splinters landed near me. |
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| Each dredge would then be tipped inboard and the scallops emptied by pulling a line over the emptying derrick from the base of the dredge. |
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| He stood for a second, his eyes slowly rolling to the back, then tipped over backwards. |
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| A hot wave rushed over the clone and he tipped over, falling onto his side with a groan of pain and aching muscles. |
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| The trolley tipped onto on its side, sending baby Charlotte crashing to the floor, still strapped in her seat. |
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| In at least one seminar, the inevitable happened and she tipped over backwards on to the floor. |
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| Although the seats can be tipped forward to give extra cargo room, they cannot be removed. |
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| The bike would be tipped down so much that your head angle would be super steep and hence handle very quickly and be less stable. |
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| He interrupted her thoughts as he tipped his head a different angle to get another different look of her face against the light. |
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| Selwyn looked at her quizzically, his head tipped to one side and his large ears pricked forward as he watched. |
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| Double-crested Cormorants have slender, hook-tipped bills that are often tipped up at an angle as they swim. |
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| The little girl he had talked to what seemed like ages ago was standing before him, holding a jug of water tipped at a dangerous angle. |
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| So every time I take a serving from the jar, the jar gets tipped on its side so that the contents can pour into my bowl. |
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| He had not awaken when the car almost tipped upon its side and rolled, and he had not awaken when Lucas and Brooke raised their voices earlier. |
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| However, the Jaguar does have the advantage that the rear seat backs can be tipped forward to increase luggage capacity. |
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| It is not known whether the oil has leaked into the pond from drains or been tipped into the water deliberately. |
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| The first egg was smooth and warm in his grasp as he briskly cracked it on the metal rim and tipped in the contents. |
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| Beds were up turned and cupboards were lying strewn all over the place, their contents tipped out. |
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| That duo blocked, tackled, tipped and snigged, caught, lifted and cleared a mountain of ball. |
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| A right-footed shot from the edge of the area was brilliantly tipped around the post by the keeper. |
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| Is the CIA really furious because the French tipped their hand too soon, or did French action save the day? |
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| However, three factors eventually tipped the balance in favor of comparatively lenient policies. |
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| This was, probably, the over-riding factor that finally tipped the scales and made him decide to make the trip at last. |
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| The girl, to be named Octavia, weighed 5lb 1oz, while her brother, Merlin, tipped the scales at 4lb 10 oz. |
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| He did make the weight and tipped the scales at 121 after being overweight by four pounds the day before. |
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| The pizza man arrived, I tipped him generously, I offered two slices to a friend and one to a homeless lady in my neighborhood. |
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| She then followed me into the dressing area and hovered until I tipped her. |
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| And the barber cut it a little shorter than I might have thought ideal, but I tipped him fairly well anyway. |
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| Earlier, several names, including members of political parties, were tipped as likely candidates for the position. |
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| The Briton, who had been tipped for a podium finish, could only finish in fifth place in Friday's final. |
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| Moore won the world youth triple jump crown in 2001 and has been tipped for future success. |
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| But with September 18 being tipped as a likely election date, time is running out. |
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| He was prime minister from 1995 to 1997 during Chirac's first term as president, and is widely tipped as his most likely successor. |
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| A decade on and he is being tipped as this year's likely Wimbledon champion. |
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| The band landed a contract with music giant Sony Records and was tipped to achieve mainstream success. |
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| The date of county council elections across England, the first Thursday in May, has long been tipped as the most likely date for the poll. |
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| Merckx Jnr is tipped by many for a mountain stage win and a place in the top 20 when the race returns to Paris in three weeks. |
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| I tipped the Kangaroos to beat Sydney and wasn't overly surprised when Carlton found something extra against arch-rivals Essendon. |
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| By this time she had been tipped to win, but no-one quite predicted how large the margin would be between the winner and the runner-up. |
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| An informant tipped me off as to where he was seen last, and I was sure that he would still be there. |
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| Yesterday we were tipped off by a man in the village about a house that had already been searched. |
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| She had remained out of sight as ordered, until their inside information had tipped her off as to the arrival of the target. |
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| Police say they were tipped off to a suspicious package near a parking garage next to the hotel. |
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| After he drove away in his own car, somebody called police and tipped them off. |
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| Later my new friend came into bat and I had been tipped the wink that his sister plays for the England women's team. |
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| These pictures were framed or tipped into yearbooks, hung throughout the clubhouse of the moment, or shelved in a library. |
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| Powder and water fire extinguishers were set off, door locks smashed, and cupboards and drawers tipped out. |
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| He tipped the rifle over the edge of the building, setting the bipod up, and positioned his suitcase as a seat, sitting on top of it. |
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| That should have tipped me off that he was either yanking my chain or wasn't someone to be taken seriously. |
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| At a lack of anything else to do, she shook a half-hearted fist at him threateningly, and the corner of his lips tipped up in a hint of a smile. |
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| The migrants moved to one side of their 33 ft boat and the vessel tipped over. |
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| He is hotly tipped to be named as best in breed in the north of England by the end of the summer season next month. |
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| Ellison's goal-bound shot was well saved by Wilson, who then tipped over a stoppage-time header from Danny Collins. |
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| I tipped my head back and straightened my shoulders, trying to maintain a shred of dignity, but my attempts were futile. |
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| In late spring, the arching stems carry drooping clusters of small, tubular flowers that are white tipped with green. |
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| Lashing whips, hollow gunshots, meaningless choruses, whistling, echoing pipes, tubular bells and stylophones are all tipped into the collage. |
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| The excavator had been lowering a skip to the bottom of the hole when it tipped over the edge and tumbled down. |
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| She slowly tipped her head to the side as she positioned her mouth over his bottom lip. |
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| Fly tipped garden rubbish is as much a stain on the countryside as dog muck and litter. |
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| If his first novel feels a little slack, however, Norman's more recent work seems to have tipped over into a more deterministic mode. |
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| One of Brazil's impoverished, crime-ridden cities has been tipped to become a 21st century boom town by Britain's richest man. |
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| A relative unknown until recently, Sean made a fantastic debut on the Irish Tour in February and is hotly tipped as a real star of the future. |
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| They took fright and would have tipped her body into the sea, had not Haiho stopped them. |
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| He is another of the young, gifted and up-and-coming breed of goalkeepers who has been tipped for international honours. |
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| Casually touching many cnidarians will make it clear how they got their name when their nematocysts eject barbed threads tipped with poison. |
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| He tipped his hat and accepted the reins of his sorrel mare from the stable boy. |
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| He leaned slightly on the glass case and tipped his sunglasses urbanely, and looked at me over them. |
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| Apparently, thousands of kitchen sinks are clogged every Christmas when turkey fat is tipped down the sink, then solidifies in the U-bend. |
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| I tipped my head back until the bridge of my nose was pressed firmly against his neck, then let out a long breath. |
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| In a sord of mallards, the breeding male stands out with his green head, black rear, and yellowish orange bill tipped with black. |
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| On the south side, almost at the edge of the cliff, stood a stone circle until it was tipped piecemeal over the brink by sportive youths. |
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| The pilot tipped the nose down and gradually rose above the desert, heading north-west, towards Italy. |
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| Mackerel tipped with a big strip of squid works well, as will a whole small calamari squid. |
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| He is wearing an over-long black turtleneck, cargo pants, and a fedora tipped at a rakish angle. |
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| The teams joined for the fours competition and although tipped as the favourite, came in 5th from a very strong field. |
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| Every other day, my bin is tipped over and ripped open by stray cats, dogs and foxes. |
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| Two women in largely organisational roles, the party chairman and chief whip, are tipped for promotion because they've done excellent jobs. |
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| The rocker arms are roller tipped and ride on needle bearings mounted on individual stub shafts. |
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| These guys are luscious-haired, stubbly, torrid and tattooed, and often look as if they've tipped up with a hangover. |
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| But then again, Coca-Cola UK chief Penny Hughes was heavily tipped in some of the papers as a dead cert for the chairmanship of Channel Four. |
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| Hingis, then aged only nine but already tipped as a future champion, won that contest as well against the older Italian. |
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| The two rear carriages tipped over on their sides before the train came to a halt. |
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| Sleeves rolled up, Sebastian leaned against the wall with his chair tipped back on two legs and sucked on a cheroot. |
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| The tools used by these Early Palaeo-Eskimos include harpoons tipped with tiny stone end blades. |
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| The material was collected from the palpebral conjunctival surface using a sterile cotton tipped swab. |
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| There were times when the process may have tipped over the edge of exhilarating, towards something more like sweated labour. |
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| When he was canoeing from 60 Mile early one morning at break up, his canoe tipped and he was swept along among the floating ice. |
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| The jar tipped over, and hundreds of wooden clacks could be heard as the pencils littered the ground. |
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| I walked over to him, my spurs clanking on the concrete platform and tipped the brim of my hat to him. |
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| I tipped them off, changed their passwords again to lock him back out, and removed myself from all association. |
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| He was cloaked and hooded in black and carried a sword that was obviously tipped with poison. |
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| In this way, the capsule can open and close an electric circuit depending on the angle at which it is tipped. |
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| I had written my final thesis on mysticism and shamanism, complete with illustration and tipped in plates. |
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| The coffee pot tipped over and started pouring gallon after gallon of the thick, burnt-coffee smelling liquid onto the floor. |
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| In the sixth minute, an incisive move down Balliol's left saw a twenty-yard effort tipped around the post. |
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| The boot is spacious with the seats in place and really commodious when they are tipped over. |
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| One by one they were picked off by the fell poison tipped arrows until it was just Dr. Steve. |
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| I tipped my chair backwards so that I could dump my pan onto the pile of dishes festering in the sink. |
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| Excitement was now at fever pitch but the flow of the game had tipped towards the home team. |
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| I pushed him into a chair and tipped his head back, pinching his nose to stop the bleeding. |
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| Pipfruit exports are tipped to grow by 23 per cent over the next two years. |
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| Microscopic plankton trapped in the finely tipped gills are pulled slowly into waiting mouths. |
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| There is also the issue that point short-range interceptors, when dealing with incoming missiles, are most effective when nuclear tipped. |
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| They were tipped off that a container-load of assorted goods being imported into Southampton included a large quantity of cocaine. |
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| He tipped the vial over and plunged the needle into it, sucking out the liquid. |
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| Detectives were tipped off and sent in two undercover officers posing as Church officials. |
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| The forefeet have 4 digits and the hindfeet 3, and each toe is tipped with an almost hoof-like claw. |
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| The plane, tipped over on its back, was in a remarkable state of preservation courtesy of the frozen environment. |
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| They tried to propagate some lies against me the other day, but I tipped over their funnel cake stand and then they knew I meant business. |
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| She didn't feel that way and tipped her gazpacho soup into my lap before leaving. |
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| This trim boxwood slide rule bound tipped in German silver was designed for use by technicians in textile trades. |
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| Unravelling the small package he brought with him, he tipped its contents into a glass of water. |
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| He was a prolific scorer at junior level and those in the know have long tipped him to make a career out of the game. |
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| She kissed him goodbye demurely, and he tipped his hat and set off with a swagger and a too tight gold band on his little finger. |
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| The track pursuit specialist ultimately wants two more Olympic gold medals but has also been tipped to star in Tour de France time trials. |
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| The strikers pitched stones through grocery store windows, tipped wagons and pushcarts, and scattered and destroyed vendor produce. |
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| Several others were shouting out to the police, complaining of how their grog gets confiscated and tipped away. |
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| I know she says the boyfriend she betrayed tipped off the press after she had revealed her guilty secret in her sleep. |
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| Scoop after scoop was scraped away, lifted, and tipped with an ear-splitting crash into a waiting dumper truck. |
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| Then, taking a deep breath, she tipped it back, swallowing the contents in one draught. |
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| He pulled the cork out with his teeth, tipped the bottle up and drank deep. |
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| Matthew Bland was commanding in midfield and threatened the Hemsworth goal with a fierce drive which was just tipped over. |
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| The creature within is like a huge snail with horns tipped by bright golden eyes. |
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| She tipped her glass at Hector as she gibed at the Antarctic and he couldn't have enjoyed it more. |
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| A month into their challenge, the pair, who between them, tipped the scales at just under half a tonne at their first weigh in, have each already lost nearly a stone. |
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| Then we invited well-known trainer Peter Monteith to pen his first column for Scotland on Sunday and he tipped the winner of the Scottish Grand National in no uncertain terms. |
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| He strode boldly up the bank towards the mule driver and tipped his hat. |
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| Trudy tipped the valet, got into the driver's seat and closed the door. |
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| Kirsten had tipped me off that whatshisname was going to cook for me. |
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| Fine then, she thought, and she picked up the bottle and broke off the neck, then tipped the golden liquid out into the sink and heard the quick glug, glug of it flowing away. |
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| But the paper claims he had earlier tipped the winner to its reporters. |
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| America rose up and rebelled, and then expanded in power until it tipped the balance during World War One and harnessed the power of the atom to win World War Two. |
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| Henry was also a picture of disbelief as his excellent volley on the turn was tipped onto the post and rebounded across the face of goal to safety. |
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| Meanwhile, the from-the-left insurgency of former Vice President Henry Wallace tipped New York to Dewey and the Republicans. |
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| Her second collection was tipped by the Business Design Centre as the best cutting edge UK business and one of five niche labels to watch by Drapers Record. |
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| The aftershocks tipped the scales decidedly in the favor of the government, the holiday, and the rum. |
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| Some tipped their worn hats at him in greeting as they passed, while others contentedly reined their horses onward, chewing thoughtfully on a strand of wheat. |
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| To make matters worse, the man tipped to replace him as the planet's leading exponent of the hop, skip and jump will not be in action today on account of his nationality. |
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| The one-time Bristol curate was originally tipped for Merseyside but made it clear that he would turn it down because he had not been on Humberside long enough. |
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| We wouldn't detect it unless we were tipped off about where to look. |
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| Thanks to the anonymous reader who tipped me off to the food trend piece. |
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| He said paving slabs had been tipped up and there was mud everywhere. |
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| James Kennedy, who signed for Hibs from Waterford Crystal saw his 25-yard right-footed free kick brilliantly tipped around the post by the veteran Falconer. |
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| Thomas Harris tipped his hat to fowles in The Silence of the Lambs when he created the moth-loving antagonist Jame Gumb. |
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| All policemen involved in the incident, including the source who tipped them off, have been under investigation by the Jakarta Police's internal affairs officers. |
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| Each week the whistling dustman came down the back garden, hoisted the full dustbin on his shoulder, carried it up the garden and tipped the contents into the dustcart. |
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| The EuroCeltic spokesman said he had spoken to the pilot and had been told that the aircraft aquaplaned along the runway before part of it tipped over into the sea. |
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| However, when a supervisor attempted to disseminate the information to Homeland Security, that tipped us off that something unusual was happening. |
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| It was these numbers showing up on the payroll that tipped off Ellison. |
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| Most of the fossil tracks show three slender toes tipped by small claws, but some also bear the imprint of a small, rear-facing toe called a hallux. |
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| They axed doors down that could easily have been opened, broke furniture unnecessarily and tipped the contents of drawers and cupboards all over the place. |
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| The concrete finally cracked apart and the wigwam tipped right over. |
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| But Symes stayed on and was only denied a second by an excellent save from Morgan who tipped a fizzer on to the bar two minutes into the second half. |
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| The rioters set fires, tipped cars, smashed windows, slashed tires, and started fistfights. |
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| Susan is on the phone to Libby and cooking tea, and is so caught up in this that she forgets to notice a bottle of cooking oil being tipped onto the lit gas burner. |
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| The wound on his side was an angry blotch, tipped in scarlet. |
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| With a full house behind him, it will be a pressure-cooker atmosphere for a clash that boxing pundits have tipped as one of the tastiest domestic dust-ups of the year. |
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| From almost the same spot from which Sheppard scored the opener David McPherson unleashed a powerful shot, but keeper Lee Ward acrobatically tipped it round the post. |
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| On several occasions, Pakistani officials tipped off Maulvi Nazir and his men about impending drone strikes. |
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| It's body rocked slightly with the force of the faery's movement, it's black marbled eyes boring into Peter with all the intensity of a diamond tipped drill. |
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| The track, released on Monday, is tipped to be a massive Christmas hit. |
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| Not even with the head tipped back off the front of the sofa. |
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| The idea is to restrict builders and other tradesmen who use the site on a daily basis rather than paying for their vans and lorry loads to be tipped at landfill sites. |
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| Jen tipped the hat and struck a pose and they laughed to themselves. |
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| The birdwatcher tipped me off about the treecreepers on the edge of the wood, but I forgot to look when I got there because the view was so eye-catching. |
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| Somewhere further away, a tail tipped in membranous, half-transparent white fin violently flailed in the water, rippling all the way up to where Po had shot her arrow. |
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| Constance tipped her sunshade to shield her eyes, and she and Louis began a murmuring conversation which was impossible to catch. |
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| The most common tools used by farmers were metal tipped ploughs for turning over the soil and harrows to cover up the soil when seeds had been planted. |
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| After the first day of the strike many city centre streets were filled with litter as protesters tipped over rubbish bins and emptied refuse bags. |
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| So I didn't expect to find fields of chemically tipped missiles. |
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| Strung with hemp impregnated with beeswax such a bow could shoot an Ash wood, steel tipped arrow with goose feather flights accurately over a range of 300 yards. |
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| Iodine collects in the thyroid, so this little capsule, tipped into my hand out of a canister so no-one else would have to touch it, targets that gland and destroys it. |
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| In spring, new leaves are tipped in pink then fade to creamy white. |
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| He placed it in a bag and tipped his hat, and wished us a good evening. |
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| Thaddius watched with horror as it tipped itself over, dropping a tiny smudge of clear liquid from a now apparent hole on the marble on Takel's foot. |
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| Soon, a pile of the creatures had accumulated and the bridge tipped over and she fell in, clinging the way Jackson had done, but there were too many of them. |
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| Each brother carried a heavy leather thong, tipped with metal studs. |
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| Michael Caine, who is up for best supporting actor for his role in The Cider House Rules, has been tipped as a dead cert in a poll of Oscar voters by The Wall Street Journal. |
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| In fact, one Russian submarine officer refused an order to fire a nuclear tipped missile at an American ship which was dropping depth charges onto the sub. |
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| Damien blinked, falling back into his chair so hard he nearly tipped over. |
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| I tipped my head over to the side and shot a sideways smile at Alex. |
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| Her hair was snowy white, tipped in black, twisted together in clumps to resemble feathers and pulled up out of her face with a black strip of leather. |
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| Whether the theory truly tipped non-violent musers into killers, or whether it merely gave a pretext to psychopaths, simpletons and romantics to commit murders, is unclear. |
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| Once orbiting the Earth the crew delicately manoeuvred a 100 ft movable crane tipped with lasers and a camera to inspect the wings and nose for damage. |
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| She approached his white painted cradle and looked down at him as he lay on his back, his head slightly to the side and tipped down against his chest. |
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| Pushing the bar out to the left encouraged Matilda to soar right, and vice versa, while pulling the bar back tipped her wing downwards and likewise pointed us earthwards. |
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| He wore hats, tipped slightly to the side, he had the easiest laugh of anybody, he was fluent in English and Japanese and spoke to me like a peer. |
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| There he tipped the lot onto a cement slab and stepped back smartly. |
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| Cade sat astride his piebald gelding, Stetson tipped low over his eyes. |
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| I nodded, wiping my dry mouth on the back of my hand before I bent at the waist to pick up my bag and my text book, tilting my head when it tipped dizzily to the side. |
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| My friend tipped over a bottle of black nail varnish on her new cream carpet, and tried to remove the polish by tipping a bottle of nail polish remover over the stain. |
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| The stomach is spilt open and the contents tipped onto the ground. |
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| We organised races, and spurred by overweening confidence, tested the crafts' stability by standing on the seats and swaying until tipped into the cold water. |
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| Rocky nodded and unceremoniously tipped out the contents of the box. |
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| He had his chair tipped back on its two rear legs and was waving his ever-present cheroot around animatedly, managing not to spill his martini in the process. |
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| I sat down on the bed, and tipped out the contents of the little bag. |
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| I got home, washed and cleaned the lot, and tipped them into the slow cooker with a pint of water, a handful of fresh herbs and two spoonfuls of vegetable bouillon. |
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| Lee Douglas had the chance but his well struck right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area was somehow tipped around the post by the athleticism of the keeper. |
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| Vinny brought the plastic cup of beer to his mouth and tipped his head back, gulping nervously, chugging the entire beverage in just a few slurps. |
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| As high as the default rate is now, it would rise sharply if today's disinflation tipped over into destructive deflation, which increases the real burden of debts. |
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| And the result is that he has tipped Zara and Mike Tindall's horse Monbeg Dude to win. |
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| This suggests that other factors may have tipped the balance. |
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| The most obvious course for a politician tipped for greatness, yet hampered by a cherubic countenance and a light voice, would be to gain a reputation for solidity. |
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| Two parallel fences tipped with barbed wire formed a narrow corridor into the gymnasium. |
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| On his return to Japan, Onoda was feted, and briefly tipped to run for the Diet, the Japanese bicameral parliament. |
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| For the young socialite, who is hotly tipped to marry Prince Harry, appears to be boning up babies. |
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| His hand tipped back my neck and his fangs slid in painlessly. |
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| If they tipped decently, they probably were not gunning for you. |
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| I think Republicans and Democrats are equally unintelligent, but Ted's recent antics have tipped the scales measuring mental dullness in the Democrats' favor. |
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| He casually tipped the chair next to him where he had dumped the pieces of the pictures, and the pieces fell quietly onto the floor beneath the chair. |
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| Ferrer has tipped more than just his toe in just about all kind of house music that the music scene has come up with. |
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| Manchester's Matty Davies scored, but was then ejected for abuse of the official after Venus's second, which he tipped in from near the hashmark. |
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| It is widely seen as a dry run for next month's Oscars and Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave is tipped to continue its award season success. |
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| He spent 15 minutes reeling in the mighty mirror carp, nicknamed the Big Girl, which tipped the scales at a whopping 60lbs 6ozs. |
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| The devices, about the size of a penny, are placed in the lip of the bin and can be scanned as it is tipped into a dustcart. |
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| Despite having already exchanged vows, the couple is still tipped to officialise the marriage under Italian law at the town hall on Monday. |
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| The NAB has tipped the Australian dollar to fall US88 cents from US93 cents on previous December forecasts. |
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| Belgium's avant-gardist designer Raf Simons is currently tipped by the fashion media as favorite to succeed Galliano. |
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| Twinberry honeysuckle has pairs of tiny red-orange trumpet flowers tipped in yellow during spring and summer that are followed by black berries. |
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| Petals narrowly lanceolate, rounded and retuse at the apex, 18-20 mm long, each with a pair of basal appendages, cream tipped with white. |
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| One is the LVF man who was playing a poker machine on the night the reporter was killed and who police believe tipped off the killers. |
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| Close by and under cover, I watched the juicing process. Apples were washed, then tipped, stalks and all, into the crusher and reduced to pulp. |
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| The box also served as a swivel joint so that when the furnace was tipped for pouring, the airflow was not disrupted. |
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| She promptly marched across and tipped a plate of steak tartare over his head. |
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| Nabavi, director in several parastatal companies, is tipped to become a senior member of Khatami's new cabinet. |
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| But tipped off by Dan that James is planning to play hide the sausage with Moira, Cain is on his way. |
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| Petals lingulate, obtuse, 17-19 mm long, each with a pair of fimbriate basal appendages, pale yellow tipped with white. |
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| A REDISCOVERED Lowry masterpiece of a Scots fishing town is tipped to fetch PS1million at auction later this year. |
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| The southerly caught the tree and tipped it. It fell with a crash, pinning a large brush-tailed possum to the ground. |
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| But they lack the votes to overturn it because the death of a Liberal Party justice tipped the balance of the court to the Sandinistas. |
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| Social Climber is tipped to end a long winless spell for Kevin Prendergast by winning the three-year-old maiden hurdle. |
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| A DEAD Scotswoman being tipped for sainthood has became a Twitter favourite. |
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| Also in the running are hotly tipped The xx and 40-something Mancunian trio I Am Kloot make the list with their fifth album. |
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| With the Italians notoriously strong scrummagers, Les Bleus are being tipped to struggle again today. |
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| They were hot and I was trying to give them to my daughter Ellie so I tipped them into a box and scrumpled the chip packet up. |
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| Two wee Irish nyaffs with tidal waves on their bonces are being hailed as the stars of the National TV Awards and tipped as the next big thing. |
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| Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech. |
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| The hooves are tipped with collagenous eponychia, which prevents damage to the amnion and beyond. |
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| In recent years, persuasion has tipped over into debates over conformity in certain areas of doctrine, discipline, worship and ethics. |
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| Jones got an infield hit when the ball tipped off of the outstretched glove of the diving shortstop. |
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| The five members had been tipped off about this, and by the time Charles came into the chamber with a group of soldiers they had disappeared. |
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| His client's lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words. |
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| Out of combat, a Greek hoplite would wear the helmet tipped upward for comfort. |
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| They have a white head and body, grey back, grey wings tipped solid black and a yellow bill. |
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| Tail brown tipped broadly with white, outermost feathers white with brown outerweb. |
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| The front spine is modified into a slender growth on the upper lip known as an illicium, which is tipped by a fleshy lump, the esca. |
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| However, in 2004, deputies introduced changes to the Constitution, which tipped the balance of power in favour of a parliamentary system. |
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| In spite of the urban legend, cows cannot be tipped over by people pushing on them. |
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| The news of these events finally tipped the sepoys stationed around Delhi into open rebellion. |
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| First was his straight tapered leg, sometimes with a spade foot, at other times tipped in brass. |
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| An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area. |
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| He tipped the scales at 221 pounds at the weigh-in two days before the fight. |
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| Two arms tipped with multiple tools can perforate gastric ulcers, cauterize and suture wounds, or perform emergency appendectomies. |
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| Maybe the St. Andrews maintainence staff had been tipped off. |
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| Reds can sometimes be taken on sinking and suspending plugs and jigs tipped with shrimp or cut bait. |
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| Steve McCabe tipped off togue traders selling fake copies of films like Pirates of the Caribbean and Lost. |
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