Sentence examples for a cistern for from inspiring English sources

She uses a cistern for water, a little iffy in last summer's drought.

This enormous body of water, which covers roughly a third of the planet's surface, has become a cistern for our western sins.

There were large shady palms and banana trees, a cistern for collecting rainwater, and an office where the administrative staff worked.

This region was selected for the study because it had participated in the P1MC for several years and was planning to build more cisterns in the coming years, providing a sizable population of households with a cistern for more than one year and households without a cistern but eligible for one.

Due to the large sample size used for this study and the inclusion of all the qualifying municipalities, participants were thought to represent the population who qualify for a cistern from the P1MC.

Households were eligible for a cistern from P1MC if they were: low income families (defined as an income of less than half of minimum wage), living full time in the rural area, without water security (i.e. did not have a cistern of least a 2,000 L capacity), with one or more children less than five years of age or elderly people (more than 60 years old).

Two municipalities (Bonito and Barra de Guabiraba) were not included in this study as they are located in geographical transition zones in the more humid Zona da Mata, which has a greater availability of water, and because they do not qualify for a cistern from the P1MC.

As in "Salome," one seemed to be listening at the edge of a cistern, waiting for the axe to fall.

What is more, the house is environmentally conscious, with thick, ventilated and cork-insulated walls, solar panels for heating and hot water, and radiant-heated floors, as well as a large cistern for watering the plants, and outdoor pavers made from recycled steel waste.

We live under pressure in a 12-man cistern for a 28-day period, which enables us to do back-to-back runs.

This has helped to keep the cost of installations low, from $500 for those who already had a cistern to $1,000 for those who do not.