Sentence examples for better crack from inspiring English sources

This research proposes the use HPCs containing fibers (with better crack resisting and strain hardening characteristics) in the deck slab to enhance both cracking and yield load carrying capacity of such girders at the negative moment region.

It made us think: "We'd better crack on here".

Laryngitis or no laryngitis, we'd better crack on.

This week, military veterans finally received a better crack at getting jobs.

Less gritty Midland has a better crack at making something of the Bush years than Odessa.

"In the past it was always thought that the process was unfair and that well-heeled parents got a better crack than others," Ms. Hemphill said.

Indeed, China Unicom, a new mainland firm whose owners include several regional governments, said this week that it was interested in a stake in Hongkong Telecom.In one way, a Chinese partner would help Hongkong Telecom, by giving the firm a better shot at cracking the mainland market.

Instead, this work studies the growth of rolling contact fatigue cracks before they develop into surface pits in an attempt to better understand crack propagation mechanisms.

Far better to crack and separate the eggs and arm your helper with ingredients to whisk, mix and, with guidance, blob into a frying pan.

The Dranitsyn has a round hull, the better to crack ice with, and so not only pitched into huge waves but frequently swung through 50 degrees as she rolled from side to side, the sky emptying out of windows, water racing into view, waiters trying to catch soup dishes.

With knowledge acquired from three years on the State Board of Regents, he has a passionate sense of how to improve the schools, and has promised to hire better teachers, crack down on superintendents and principals whose students perform poorly and lobby aggressively for more state and city aid.