Sentence examples for a layer of rock from inspiring English sources

The post-on-sill construction used for the Bolduc House involved sinking tree trunks down to a layer of rock and squaring them off above ground.

The machine itself is a pair of ring-shaped pipes, each 27km long, buried 100 metres down in a layer of rock between Geneva and the Jura mountains.

Beneath a layer of rock that had fallen from the ceiling of the cave, Coon found layers of sand and gravel from the last glacial period.

A layer of rock here called the Marcellus Shale has been known for more than a century to contain gas, but it was generally not seen as economical to extract.

But we prefer to pack basil tightly in a small jar, like those used for baby food or spices, with olive oil and a layer of rock salt at the neck of the jar.

Halve tomatoes, discarding pulp and seeds, and cut into 1/8-inch dice; there should be about 3/4 cup. 2. Line a serving platter with a layer of rock salt, and set aside. 3.

Assemble the fire by scattering a layer of rocks, then adding wood and more rocks until it reaches about half a metre high.

The new evidence for temperature regulation comes from a 1.4-meter-long skull discovered in the Santana Formation of Northeastern Brazil, a layer of rocks that has yielded many pterosaurs.

The second would have first a layer of clay to absorb pollutants, a layer of sand to act as a buffer, and then a layer of rocks to anchor that floor.

We drove up the coast a few kilometres then inland along a dry river bed to a point where installation of a shallow well with submersible pump could resolve the task at hand within 7-10 days provided we can fly in the required jack hammers to break through a layer of rocks.No more 92km water trucking!

Don't let the tape get stuck under a layer of rock-hard glue.