Sentence examples for chalk block from inspiring English sources
In this paper, the effect of anisotropy on mechanical properties within two outcrop chalks is studied by drilling samples horizontally and vertically from the same chalk block.
Born from the hybrid minds of Nintendo Research & Development 1 and late gaming legend Gunpei Yokoi, the smooth, plastic device no longer resembles the sandwich-sized chalk block that was its first incarnation, but still Game Boy remains a fixture on long car rides and plane trips the world over.
Its materials – roughly hewn boulders, raw flint nodules, crisply cut chalk blocks – exude an unusual sense of timeless magic, absent from so much flimsy contemporary architecture.
They were discovered in 1983 during the hotel's reconstruction, and they include massive foundation walls of quarried chalk and a water well surrounded by chalk blocks as much as two feet thick.
The late Neolithic (New Stone Age) structure consists of a circular bank of chalk 1,400 feet (425 metres) in diameter and 20 feet (6 metres) high, faced by chalk blocks quarried from a formerly 30-foot (9-metre) deep ditch within.
The breakdown of the chalk blocks used was assessed in two ways.
Results are calculated and compared for various boundary conditions and the spherical outwards prediction is then tested by experimental results obtained for chalk blocks.
Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath are massively different bowlers and men; Ian Botham and Chris Tavare were bashing chalk and blocking cheese - put together, they turned Test matches.
According to the blurb on the colour chart, this means I most closely resemble a traditional chalk-stone building block used in East Anglia.
Although Comcast has disputed the Philadelphia report - and chalked up Mr Block's viral call to the power of the internet - the widespread customer complaints couldn't have helped the firm in its negotiations with the government.
Just before 1 p.m. Thursday, one parking-enforcement officer was taking photos of cars parked on the street, and shortly after, another pair of officers drove down the block chalking car tires.
