Sentence examples for concrete limit from inspiring English sources

This constitutes a more concrete limit on lending; but while the agency has occasionally run out of subsidy and had to stop making loans, that did not happen this year.

And calls for concrete limits have consistently been refused by those nations.

Republicans and some Democrats insist that an increase in the debt ceiling must be accompanied by concrete limits on future spending, entangling an issue that requires urgent attention with a debate unlikely to be resolved before the 2012 elections.

Degradation of concrete limits the service life of structures.

A large and unpredictable variation in the performance of flowable fibre-reinforced concrete limits its use in structural applications.

The largest industry in Banagher these days is Banagher Precast Concrete Limited, a company specialising in precast concrete structures.

He even devised a concrete upper limit for "smallness": "The absolute maximum to which a society can expand without having its basic functions degrade, is about 12 to 15 million people".

However, relatively low mechanical properties and durability of PC, comparing to conventional Portland cement concrete (PCC), limit its use for vehicular applications.

The steel strain limits show a linear tendency; meanwhile, concrete strain limits show a less linear tendency in function of span-to-depth ratios.

Nevertheless, its application on predicting the pumpability of concrete is limited because it needs a full-scale pumping test.

Premature debonding, initiated from ends or from cracks in the concrete, often limits potential performance gains.