Sentence examples for flat to raised from inspiring English sources

Elephants have an extra bone in their feet that can be traced through their fossil record to reveal a transition from flat to raised feet.

Some people have already had enough of owning their own homes, like Ross Longbottom who sold his flat to raise money and now rents from L&Q. "I'm sceptical about getting back on the housing ladder," Ross tells me, "I'm comfortable, not having all that responsibility".

The second ballerina of the same piece has a slow, strange, retreating exit toward the wings, repeatedly pausing, on flat foot, to raise her rear leg high in one powerful arabesque penchée after another as she goes.

In the second scene - played for a kind of nightmarish comedy - it is Dai Wei himself who is dissected alive: his mother, by now a half-crazed outcast in the shiny new Beijing arising around her increasingly squalid flat, has had to raise money by selling one of his kidneys.

An Allmusic review stated the album "falls flat and fails to raise the bar set so high by the quality of their previous two releases".

After all the frou-frou launched into the skyline for the past generation -- the fussy attempts at three-dimensional collage; the ersatz Art Deco confections weighed down by stepped silhouettes and ornate crowns -- it is pleasing to see a flat roof raised to the top of the skyline by four flush glass walls.

Having lost his savings and, faced with a currently un-mortgageable flat, Gingell is keen to raise awareness of the issue, given estimates show at least one infestation in every 10 sq kms in the UK.

The prospect of wildfires and flooding from the four streams may also be a factor in the public agencies' attitude of "not so fast". Adding another undertone to the saga, the Driftwood story is being played out as signatures are being collected for a Laguna Beach open space initiative, which would tax Laguna Beach property owners a flat $120 a year to raise $20 million to fund parkland purchases.

The PC includes a pivoting 10.4-inch screen that can be used flat or raised to expose the keyboard, or inverted to share work with others.

FINANCIAL TIMES To Lift Stock, McGraw-Hill Will Split in Two | McGraw-Hill will spin off its educational unit and concentrate on its business information services in an effort to raise its flat share price.

AS WITH most paths from mountain-top to valley, the road into recession tends to be winding and uneven, with enough flat or even rising stretches to raise the occasional hope that the traveller has reached the bottom.