Sentence examples for automatic barrier from inspiring English sources

But Representative Artur Davis, an African-American Democrat of Alabama, said race was no longer the automatic barrier to the White House that it once was.

The police said the driver swerved into oncoming traffic when an automatic barrier descended in front of him, but dodged cars heading into East Berlin.

SNCF said it had an automatic barrier with standard signals and was not considered particularly dangerous.

She took that legal ruling to mean Mr Atherton's history of domestic violence was not an "automatic barrier" to him having a shotgun licence.

A signalman was also fined £1,750 for the incident, which the court heard might not have happened had Network Rail installed an automatic barrier locking system at the site.

High taxes on high incomes were no automatic barrier to job creation and private investment then, so why should they be now?

This morning, an empty commuter train derailed after it hit a minibus stuck between automatic barriers at a crossing near Egham, Surrey.

The FA Cup semi-final on Saturday (won by Manchester City, by the way) brought around 70,000 Mancunians into the capital, and the sound of those nasal accents as they attempted to negotiate the automatic barriers on the Tube or complained about the prices of the beer and the sandwiches - no, it's not a cliche: they still do - made me feel a little homesick.

For example on London Underground (Tube) journeys passengers are used to "checking out and checking in" – tickets are validated (by automatic barriers) at the start and end of a journey.

For the Underground and DLR to gain access to the platforms, and to exit a station you have to pass through automatic barriers.

It also proves floor 1 of theatre is safe by using the automatic smoke barrier combine with mechanical smoke exhaust system.The natural smoke exhaust system in the second floor can play an effective smoke control function.