Sentence examples for equivalent of lighting from inspiring English sources

THIS summer Daniel Jubb will perform the equivalent of lighting the blue touch paper and standing clear.

It has become a ritual of the Presidency--a kind of policy equivalent of lighting the national Christmas tree or supervising the Easter egg hunt--for each occupant of the Oval Office to submit a "crime bill" to Congress.

It operates 100 plants in 19 countries, producing 31,000 megawatts — the equivalent of lighting half the U.K. In addition, it owns seven companies that distribute electricity to 12 million customers.

It operates 100 plants in 19 countries, producing 31,000 megawatts — the equivalent of lighting half the U.K. In addition, it owns 7 companies that distribute electricity to 12 million customers.

While electing Harry Reid might well be the equivalent of getting a 'C' on your exam, electing Sharron Angle is the equivalent of lighting your exam on fire and then punching your teacher in the face (at home school, naturally).

(The band also sings boleros — romantic songs — and cumbias, which are the equivalent of light verse).

I very much liked the one appetizer, pfannkuchen soup ($3), literally pancake soup, a mild beef broth seasoned only with parsley and a bit of salt and containing slender strips of egg pancakes, the equivalent of light dumplings.

With all eyes on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico -- and confirmation hearings at the end of June, the Washington equivalent of light-years away -- the nomination has fallen out of the news and the public is not yet engaged.

Water equivalent of light oil, W/ °C.

Information is the equivalent of light shining on a problem, and many adults would rather not have their efforts exposed to the light.

After a white supremacist was accused of killing nine black worshipers in a Charleston church, South Carolina lawmakers acted with the political equivalent of light speed to remove a Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.