Sentence examples for exerted against from inspiring English sources

The pressure produced by the motion of the ship is exerted against one face of a diaphragm; that produced by the pump is exerted against the other.

"The word Kosovo is being frequently used in pressures exerted against our country," he said.

The violence exerted against Joan, and her grim struggle with political opponents, now has an added resonance.

His 44percentnt vote, however, was a consid erable victory in view of the pressure exerted against his supporters.

The amount of fluid inside these pipes — the volume — determines the pressure exerted against the walls of the pipes.

Its strongest effect was exerted against the Gram-positive bacteria with MICs ranging between 6.25 and 15.6 μg/mL.

Students in 11th grade were asked to calculate how much force a frog would exert against a river bank while leaping off.

Pre-election periods are generally volatile; Le Pen's arguments will have been given a boost by the vote across the Channel, increasing the pressure she can exert against the weak presidency of François Hollande.

And when it comes to strength, an isokinetic dynamometer calculates how much strength you can exert against a lever moving at a constant speed – this provides a better picture of how strength changes at different joint angles.

It's where I learned how to shuck an oyster, the fishmonger taking my hand in his, showing me where to insert a knife and how much pressure to exert against the shell.

And yes, although the farther we go back the smaller is the demos with any power to exert against the state, the same argument can be made for the Magna Carta, too.