"big tide" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can refer to a significant or strong tidal movement in the ocean, or it can be used figuratively to describe a large or powerful force or event. Example: The fishermen were warned to stay away from the coast due to the big tide expected to hit the area later in the day. Example: The new government policies caused a big tide of discontent among the citizens.
"The big tide in social gaming is coming, right now," Tomoko Namba, the founder and chief executive of DeNA, said in an interview.
John Sterling, the publisher of Henry Holt, said that he didn't "see a huge surge in these types of books," calling them "more a case of a small boat being lifted by the big tide of history books".
Will they, as what happened with the first Avatar (when Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel both topped $200 million domestic and $440m worldwide) be a big tide that lifts all boats?
"In early November we had the first really big tide of the season and that was enough to hatch dormant eggs in marshes that could have been there for months," he said.
There were big tides the day I was there and he was right out on the sand at the edge of the low tide.
The Pacific has big tides and on Contadora, low tide is a dramatic sight, tripling the size of beaches and turning rocky shorelines into steep cliffs.
But these beds along the River Blackwater have been producing oysters since time immemorial in shallow, accessible, pure waters that are scoured by big tides.
Much of Florida, including its largest cities, rests on a foundation of limestone, a porous rock, and when the big tides come in the seawater flows underneath the ground and floods into the streets.
Having noticed the success of the Danes in developing their wind-turbine industry, both the SWRDA and the Scottish Executive want to do the same for ocean power.Geography is one advantage: rough seas and big tides make the British isles one of the best places in the world for sea power.
Some longtails hang out directly in front of the hotel, but the water there is extremely shallow and subject to big tides, so most often, to catch a boat, guests walk 10 minutes over an isthmus to the other side of the island.
A thick layer of crispy brown seaweed has been left at the top of the beach by recent big tides, and within the seaweed huge amounts of plastic is entwined.
