Sentence examples for dry raising from inspiring English sources

At the bottom were giant pontoons that crewmen could fill with seawater or pump dry, raising the rig above the largest storm waves — in theory, at least.

About 1,300 fuel rods in the reactor four building, normally 16ft under water, had boiled dry, raising the spectre of a nuclear fission chain reaction and contamination worse than a reactor meltdown.

An assumption that that pool was dry or nearly dry, raising the possibility of a massive release of radioactive materials, led the United States ambassador to Japan to recommend that Americans stay 50 miles away from the plant.

The population is almost wholly dependent on cash from foreign reserves, and these are starting to run dry, raising the prospect that the world may soon having a fresh humanitarian crisis to deal with.

He was among the first to construct tilt-slab walls (concrete walls poured into horizontal molds and, when dry, raised into position, completely finished), seen in such projects as the Woman's Club (1914) in La Jolla.

In another costly process at Minton, gold borders are produced by painting a design in paste, firing the ware, then painting over the dry, raised paste with tiny brushes dipped in 22-karat gold.

The condition is characterized by dry, raised, red patches covered with silvery scales that can be itchy and painful.

The generally accepted clinical features for the diagnosis of mycotic keratitis are the presence of a dry, raised ulcer with a feathery or hyphate border, satellite lesions, and recurrent hypopyon [ 31].

Literature review indicates the manifestations of Candida parapsilosis causing human mycotic keratitis vary greatly, including crystalline keratopathy, supportive keratitis, yellow-white infiltrate with dry raised slough and feathery edges, and severe necrotic stromal inflammation [ 12- 15].

Otherwise the supply of international money will dry up, raising the grim prospect that the government will not be able to pay pensions and civil-service salaries in August.

However, antibiotics are prophylactically used on calves, heifers, and dry cows, raising concerns of significant antibiotic loading to the environment, especially in regions with high concentration of dairy farms.