Sentence examples for exploratory dig from inspiring English sources

An exploratory dig is being organised for traces of rotted timber and other fragments.

Several months ago, he got financing for a brief exploratory dig at the Jackson-Moore cemetery in Jackson Heights, which belonged to two wealthy families known for their loyalties to the English crown.

"And we still don't know where the tomb was — we think they built over it," said Luana Cenciaioli, a local official with the cultural heritage authority, which has begun an exploratory dig in the area where it believes the tomb was located.

In the early 20th century some small-scale exploratory digging was done in the deeper layers of the sanctuary.

During Beyond the Castle, Jason Wood, a heritage consultant, carried out some exploratory digs that led him to believe there's a huge fourth-century fort there, as well as at least one large house and several smaller dwellings.

The only way to be certain that gold was present was to conduct exploratory digging.

Major construction on the highly anticipated Westside subway extension won't begin until next year, but an exploratory shaft dug at the corner of Ogden Drive to assess soil conditions for future stations and tunnels has burped up a bonanza of prehistoric swag.

Lions were also the most exploratory species, circling, digging, biting, pawing, and pushing the box, the team will report next month in Animal Behaviour.

In the first 4 trials (exploratory trials), the rat was allowed to dig in both cups, and an error was recorded if the first dug occurred in the unbaited cup.

2) Percussion: These woodpeckers do not always peck only to find food; they also give exploratory pecks every now and then, without digging into the wood, in hope of causing the wood-boring larvae to move within their tunnels or to sound out differences between an open tunnel and solid wood (Kilham 1972).

The neighbours revved up their generator for a test run, and Myasaa pumped an exploratory trickle out of the tube well recently dug at her doorstep.