Sentence examples for land slip from inspiring English sources

The bugs land, slip on the slick surface and fall into the tubes, which have downward-facing hairs to thwart any escape attempts.

It blamed a longer than expected maintenance period at one of its processing plants, as well as a land slip at the Pokrovskiy open pit.

Fort William to Mallaig, Moscow to Vladivostok – or perhaps even Settle to Carlisle (which, even though a massive land slip has closed part of the line, is still open for business on the glorious stretch over the Pennine hills and the famous Ribblehead viaduct)?

This caused a land slip which pressed up earthwork nearby at Gjønnes Station on the Kolsås Line of the Oslo Metro; a 50 m long section of one platform and track was pressed up 3 m, resulting in the other track lying on its side.

Fresh tracks indicate a tiger having swum the channel has regained the land, slipping once more into the forest, perhaps lying low, watching us now.

Reports from the area in and around the town say major land slips had completely blocked State Highway 1 with fissures opened up and loose rocks continuing to fall.

"We're stranded here, there's no access as the state highway is clocked by huge land slips and roads cracked on either side of the peninsula," she said.

In Ystalyfera in Neath Port Talbot, landslips in two places led to evacuations, with some homes left on the edge of a drop after the land slipped away.

Robert Gould, leader of West Dorset District Council, said: "Lyme Regis is on an actively eroding stretch of coast and faces huge challenges from coastal erosion and consequent land slips, which is why this work is so important.

Nepenthes rajah usually grows in open, grassy clearings on old land slips and flat ridge tops, particularly in areas of seeping ground water, where the soil is loose and permanently moist.

These authors observed that the abandonment of cultivated fields induces a significant decrease in land slipping frequency, and in sediment delivery.