Sentence examples for buttresses in from inspiring English sources

The shallowness of the roots also often produces the appearance of buttresses in temperate swamp trees because the beginnings of the roots, usually hidden in the soil, are visible at the surface.

The dam, which was completed in 1968, uses a total of 14 buttresses in its crest length of 1,310 metres (4,297 feet); two very much larger buttresses support the structure over the original riverbed.

In many ways, the cathedral's design resembles those of its contemporaries, especially Laon Cathedral, but it displays innovations with its tall arcades, unusually narrow triforium, and huge clerestory the massive weight of which required using flying buttresses in an unprecedented manner.

We also annually censused all live woody stems ≥10 cm diameter above buttresses in each plot in September/October from 1997 to 2000 to obtain data on stand structure and dynamics.

The simulated stress distribution produced within the palate and maxillary buttresses in addition to the displacement and rotation of the maxilla could then be analyzed to determine if micro-implants aid in skeletal expansion.

This paper assesses the feasibility of vibration testing to detect structural damage caused by the settlement of buttresses in the Beverley Minster, a Gothic church located in the UK.

It was developed because of the buttress in Eton Chapel.

"Talk about Byzantine — try pulling a permit for a flying buttress in this neighborhood".

Then there's Eton Fives, which is played with a buttress in the middle of the court.

This capability was buttressed in May when WHO launched an initiative to build more effective linkages between local and global public-health surveillance, epidemiology, and response systems.

The accounts of Private Chen's life in Afghanistan, which came from witnesses called by government prosecutors, seemed to buttress, in part, the arguments of the defense lawyers.