Sentence examples for a single runner from inspiring English sources

Rarely have so many red shirts, symbols of Munster's fanatical defiance, been left in the wake of a single runner.

DALIAN, CHINA — China's recent emergence on the world stage as an athletic powerhouse may be traced back to a single runner from this northeastern city.

As it turns out, not a single runner of the nine who raced in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile will start in the Derby.

In contrast to water turbines where the total head is extracted in a single runner (see above), the steam velocities obtained from the enthalpy drop between steam generator and condenser would be prohibitively high.

Everyone knows the London Marathon raises millions for worthwhile causes, but few know that small charities have to rely on the luck of the draw to place even a single runner.

That appears not to have been mere loose talk, since Tizzard has had a single runner over the past week and took no part in the valuable cards at Ascot and Haydock on Saturday.

Two counter-rotating turbines, one with inlet guide vanes, the other without, are compared to a single-runner system.

It is shown that the counter-rotating turbines without guide vanes have lower design efficiency and a higher off-design performance than a single-runner turbine.

The Grand Coulee hydroelectric power plant on the Columbia River in Washington state has the largest single runner in the United States, a device capable of producing 716,000 kilowatts at a head of 93 metres.

The bottom four hitters in their order failed to deliver a single base runner in scoring position over the seven games.

Trains of as many as 14 cars, loaded with 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of anthracite coal, sped down the mountain under the command of a single courageous "runner," who operated a brake lever.