Sentence examples for brake against from inspiring English sources

This arrangement not only permits subtle distinctions in rankings; it also serves as a natural brake against grade inflation.

The knowledge that these are liable to change acts as a brake against all-out sectarian war, he says.

The economic pressure generated by the lucrative Winter Classic could act as a brake against the loss of the entire N.H.L. season.

2) If you listen carefully, you can hear the precise moment skier Yannick Bertrand uses his groin as a brake against a gate.

It now behooves the Princeton University community to consider the wisdom of an older method that had a different type of built-in brake against grade inflation while also inspiring students to better academic performance.

This limitation to constructions that are "fairly possible," and "reasonable," see Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, supra, 271 U.S., at 518, 46 S.Ct., at 623, acts as a brake against wholesale judicial dismemberment of congressional enactments.

But when democratic push comes to shove, the ruling monarchs are bound to slam on the brakes against democracy, for fear they may one day be toppled if people had a real choice.Whether they are monarchies or republics, the Arab states tend to act much the same.

The front leg pushes the body up into the air while braking against forward motion, acting like the pole in the pole vault; the back leg does the opposite.

The oxygen-diffused Ti 6Al 4V (OD-Ti64) was tested on a sub-scale brake tester against a flat block of commercial brake lining material and benchmarked against several other Ti-based materials, including untreated Ti 6Al 4V (Ti64), Ti-based metal matrix cometaltes (matrix and a thermal spray-compositesalloy.

All that kept it down was my hand on the rope "brake," tight against my hip.

As these pistons move outward, they push the brake shoes against the inner surface of the brake drum attached to the wheel.