Sentence examples for gear instead of from inspiring English sources

This ring gear, instead of being permanently attached to the engine's flywheel, is coupled to it when needed via a clutch.

The craft, called the Wave Glider SV3, is about 40 percent longer than its predecessor, and it can carry 100 pounds of gear instead of 40 pounds.

The question at trial was whether Mrs. Su had intentionally tried to harm Mrs. Liu or had simply mistakenly put the car into first gear instead of reverse.

"Anything shown before 10pm has to be suitable for everyone, so you get children watching Top Gear instead of programmes made for them".

We say international trade organisations like the WTO, the World Bank and the IMF should be put into reverse gear: instead of intensifying the rush of goods and services around the world they should encourage every country to choose its priorities in developing its local economy.

Why did the first officer retract the landing gear instead of pushing the control column forward?

The "single tooth bending test" is an effective and rapid way of determination of the performances of gears instead of expensive and time-consuming life tests.

In general, semi-automatic gearboxes work like regular automatic transmissions, but they also have a mode that allows drivers to choose when to change gears, instead of letting the computer do it.

(Curiously, it's four pounds heavier than the Scout, even though it has a smaller engine and has five gears instead of six. Why? Smaller pistons mean thicker cylinder heads, which weigh more than the empty space inside them).

"They're drawn from an already-existing milieu," he says, "and you could argue for some of them it's a rebadging – they've taken off they're PDLA gear and put on Soldiers of Odin gear instead".

The soldiers discovered an unusually large amount of chemical protection gear, and instead of weapons, they found several canisters on the site.