Sentence examples for chocks from inspiring English sources
To climb in this fashion a climber will hammer a peg (or "piton") into a crack, wedge chocks – pieces of metal of various sizes and shapes – into it or place a skyhook (a very small grappling hook) over flakes of rock and edges.
The rope is clipped into pegs or chocks in the rock only for the purpose of arresting a fall.
In the first quarter of this year, sales in America actually fell year-on-year.In this section Virtual fix? Köhler's quest The Midas touch Chocks away Battle of the airwaves Latin leap When the boss slips up Turning a corner Rights issue ReprintsWorse, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, an SAP mainstay, were losing their lustre.
Will that now change?The TSB calls for physical restraints, such as wheel chocks, for parked trains.
Jean-Michel Halfon, who is in charge of that effort, says serving customers in developing countries is now "a business, not a charity .In this section On the edge Racing down the pyramid Failure to deliver Watching the watchers Centres of attention Place your bets Chocks away Portal of doom ReprintsWhy the U-turn?
Spot the difference between that and Mr Hollings's position.In this section Virtual fix? Köhler's quest The Midas touch Chocks away Battle of the airwaves Latin leap When the boss slips up Turning a corner Rights issue ReprintsThe commission wants to strike down Spain's golden-share law in the European Court of Justice.
The Tories and Labour have swapped clothes | Polly Toynbee In a surprising act of political cross-dressing, Labour's document stressed fiscal responsibility while the Tories' was chock-full of spending commitments funded with a large dose of wishful thinking.
Homebuilt stalls, chock full of mandarins, oranges and fresh eggs selling for a pittance.
The pace bowling is chock full of talent, the trick only in keeping them fit.
She wrote: "The manifesto-that-does-what-other-manifestos-don't was chock-a-block with lists of promises.
Chock-a-block with design agencies and curio shops, and hugging an ancient reservoir, tiny Hauz Khas is easy to navigate and not too crowded, except at weekends.
