Sentence examples for a critical opening from inspiring English sources

It was a critical opening, yet in trying to play safe I pulled my eight-iron shotnd shot into the bunker.

And Mr. Putin, who is engaged in a critical opening dialogue with President Bush, is able to demonstrate to those who see Russia as a declining power that it stands as a crucial bridge to the rest of Asia, especially to China, which is regarded by Mr. Bush and his advisers as a major security challenge.

A critical opening angle leading to crack initiation in the opposite lateral cortex was determined for each approach and was defined as comparative parameter.

We were able to directly observe recruitment behavior that exhibited sensitivity around a critical opening pressure with marked changes in time to recruitment with small changes in pressure.

For adolescence is not only a pivotal time in the life of a child – the gateway to adulthood – it is also a critical opening in which we can make progress for all children," said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.

In the numerical simulation the osteotomy gap was opened and the opening angle of reaching the critical strain value (A) was hence the critical opening angle.

The Americans got the last laugh in Race 6, however, when the Italians botched a spinnaker takedown at a critical moment for the second straight race and the sail wrapped around the rudder, giving Cayard his critical opening in a wild comeback victory which completed a surge from a 3-1 deficit.

The bill would severely constrain the administration's ability to form a balanced foreign policy in the critical opening months of the new administration and could also constrain its operations abroad.

Two fiber failure criteria are considered: a critical crack opening and a critical total strain in the fiber at the crack plane.

When fiber failure is governed by a critical crack opening, bridging lengths will decrease with increasing velocity.

A critical crack opening displacement (COD) criterion is used to simulate crack growth in a double-cantilever-beam (DCB) made of z-pinned laminates.