Sentence examples for On abreast from inspiring English sources

Six of the gun turrets, three on each side, were abreast the forward funnel while the remaining four were mounted on abreast the main mast.

Aircraft were transported between the hangars and the flight deck by three elevators, the forward one abreast the island on the centerline and the other two offset to starboard.

(Are we just describing what's more commonly referred to as "getting old"?) Listen, from one boomtowner to another: It may be time to give up on keeping abreast.

They were arranged in two superfiring pairs, one each fore and aft of the superstructure, one on each broadside abreast the rear funnel, and the last was on the quarterdeck at the same level as the lower of the rear superfiring pair; they were designated 1 through 7 from front to rear.

But Lieutenant Farrell said: "These two men were driving their cars at excessive rates of speed and in a reckless manner, and it was evident to onlookers that they were intent on staying abreast of each other, if not exceeding each other, in speed and in distance".

Centigon's engineers pride themselves on staying abreast of the latest threats in the kidnapping/terrorist world.

I can also vividly remember my first research supervisor explaining to the new intake of students how research worked, how lab books needed to be kept but above all his view on keeping abreast of literature: "You need to spend half a day each week, reading all the new journals that have come in".

With the War On Women abreast, both sides of the aisle have accused the other of cynically bringing women's health issues to the forefront of political debate in an election year.

Email addresses as available to the public on the Abreast in a Boat Society website were used to contact team managers for the purpose of recruitment [ 54].

Barrett ordered the Massachusetts men to form one long line two abreast on the highway leading down to the bridge, and then he called for another consultation.

Two of her bow compartments were flooded and one hit on her waterline abreast 'P' turret had flooded a coal bunker and temporarily given her a 15° list.