Sentence examples for firing ability from inspiring English sources

None of the options for closing the angle between the lines presented a favourable option to the British commander: any manoeuvre to bring ships closer would limit their firing ability to their bow guns, and potentially expose their decks to raking or enfilading fire from the enemy ships.

The pistols should ideally be the same, or at least similar in size, weight and firing ability.

Analyses in the firearms and tool-marks unit include comparison of spent bullets and cartridges to weapons, determination of distance of firing, ability of a weapon to fire, and restoration of obliterated serial numbers on weapons.

Topiramate inhibits sodium ion channels and may thus limit the repetitive firing ability of neurons (Taverna et al. 1999), it reduces the activity of L-type calcium channels (Zhang et al. 2000), it is a negative modulator of glutamate transmission (Skradski & White 2000), and it enhances neurotransmission mediated by gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) (White et al. 2000).

Under the so-called duties test, a whole number of criteria can be used to exclude you from overtime pay -- like how many workers you may supervise, whether or not you have hiring and firing abilities, whether your work is primarily intellectual, etc.

Gone are his unbelievable wealth and his sure-fire ability to deliver the hits.

Plans to import a previous seven-round version, marketed as a game changer for hunters because of its rapid-fire ability, were halted by a 12-month ban imposed in July on guns that fire more than five rounds without the need for reloading.

Because Comcast puts failing employees on coaching plans over a few month period, they also fight the fired employees ability to collect unemployment.

Updated at 2.42am BST 2.19am BST Just in from AP in Gaza: The heavy thud of tank shells, often just seconds apart, echoed across the Gaza Strip early Friday as thousands of Israeli soldiers backed by tanks launched a ground invasion, escalating a 10-day campaign of heavy air bombardments to try to destroy Hamas' rocket-firing abilities and the tunnels militants use to infiltrate Israel.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The heavy thud of tank shells, often just seconds apart, echoed across the Gaza Strip early Friday as thousands of Israeli soldiers launched a ground invasion, escalating a 10-day campaign of heavy air bombardments to try to destroy Hamas' rocket-firing abilities and the tunnels militants use to infiltrate Israel.

Eremenko then demonstrated his imagination and ability, firing in a shot from 25 yards which went just wide.