Sentence examples for leaking drains from inspiring English sources

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England last month was probably caused by leaking drains, flooding and vehicles moving from a nearby laboratory complex in Pirbright shared by the government and a commercial vaccine maker, government investigators concluded, without specifying the exact source.

Ultimately, a leaking drain pipe was fixed.

Stagnant water from a leaking drain sits along a pavement.

I needed help fixing a leaking drain pipe and asked the superintendent.

According to the British Geological Survey, they can appear following heavy rain or surface flooding, are caused by leaking drain pipers or burst water mains, building works, or changes in the water table level and even mining.

The roof began to leak; the drains erupted; the nailed-on storm windows proved hard to take down.

Any leaking pipes, clogged drains, and malfunctioning drainage systems should be fixed or replaced.

Founded in 1992 as a subsidiary of the Norwegian State Railways, construction started in 1994; during construction the tunnel Romerike Tunnel had a leak, draining two lakes and delaying the opening the tunnel one year.

After 20 or 30 showings, they were awfully good at it; their patience, however, had leaked away, drained by the Mamet-like double talk of the rental agents.

The gate leakage current can be carried by tunneling electrons or holes, the carriers leaking to source, drain, and channel.

A worker patrolling the area, around 700 metres from the ocean, spotted drips of water leaking through a drain attached to the side of the tank.